I thought so too until I looked at the code. It's truly horrible and not in a "clean code absolutist" way, but more in a "digging a giant hole that will make the entire thing untouchable". And going by the stats he provides that's exactly what's going on.

FWIW, this article is originally written in french. And while the French version is definitely still abrasive, it sounds more normal. The writing style does not map to English as well for sure.