The tutorial is for an Arduino but it still uses a breakout board with the ADS1115 chip.
I spoke the electronics expert at work and the IC would be more efficient than the voltage divider but in my case I may have a problem with the power supply to the board.
He also baffled me with science about the voltage divider as I should take the current into consideration - I still have no idea what he was talking about but I think it was to do with resistivity!