Or the author is doing this for SEO. He’s the founder of the AI platform all of this is running on. Or maybe he enjoys the technical tinkering more than the gardening ;)

I assume a comment here is very frequently an opinion not a normative statement. One way of consideration from among the many. His opinion, that this way defeats the point, is very well in line to say this way, we shouldn't even hint to shut up about it. It does not and cannot hinder anyone having alternative approach to the matter, it was not even implied here, as far as I can see, the room for alternative is there.