Every shortcut chooses which cost you would rather pay.

Shortcuts do not remove cost, they choose which cost you pay. Faster now often means messier later, cheaper now often means fragile later, easier now often means less learned. That can be a perfectly good trade when the later cost is one you can absorb. What is not available is paying nothing.

When taking a shortcut, say which bill you are choosing and when you expect it. Deliberate shortcuts are efficient. Unexamined ones are just debt with better branding.