The article explicitly mentions how the system's normal maintainers are in a panic because this kid 'Fred' they have no info about (not even a last name) has unlimited access to change things.
No, I don't think so.
I think it's the dumbest, high confidence kids(with big egos) in the room who agree to do shit like this.
PR submitted, comments by concerned coders with years experience in the system overruled and force merged with message "wcgw".