There's no details, not just identifying information, but details like where did he learn to program? What language did he use? etc.
Like most popular threads on Reddit about something incredible someone did, it's obviously completely fabricated.
Further, if this is a trivial batch script, why don't they grab a random programmer off the street, describe the problem and live happily ever after.
I worked a job back in high school where they spent months editing Excel spreadsheets full of data only to pass the edits to me as handwritten changes to printed pages. The stacks of spreadsheet pages I was given were meters high.
Since the human-made edits met simple patterns, I was able to write Excel macros to describe and perform them. I finished a week worth of work in one hour. In my case, they saw me reading a book and got irate even though the work was done and correct. I was a contractor, so they just asked me to go home early and collect fewer hours. I got paid less for working faster.
Because someone would spend two months crafting an elaborate hoax so they can trade their reddit karma for valuable cash and prizes.
It all makes perfect sense.
I am so tired of this Internet Detective Agency bullshit.