He doesn't need to memorize it. He mentioned he used 1Password to generate it. I'd assume he's storing it there too.
One commit to a VCS by a disgruntled employee, or an attacker who social engineers credentials to the VCS, and the client applications themselves - which must be trusted to decrypt the contents locally - will be compromised.
This is the problem with proprietary password managers, where the client applications are provided by the company. You cannot vet that software which is running on your device today, let alone all the app updates coming down the pipeline.