I remember when he said he'd be embarking on this challenge, and thinking he'd probably just end up shelving it.

Honestly, even though this stuff has been done before, I'm actually pretty impressed with how much he's been able to learn and achieve in that time. Seems like not all of his hacker skills have wasted away, even if some of it is in PHP :)

I think finding the time to do all this is actually far harder for someone in his position, making it even more impressive. Not particularly ground breaking, sure, but not a bad effort.

This feels unnecessarily reductive and hostile.