It's common in our community to be jealous of youth, especially youth with genius, but I believe the github user in TFA is lying. Something about it is off. It also happens in posts here on HN, though.

I think after being exposed to so much internet, you realize how many are simply living a fantasy. In me it provokes a sense of disgust, I see it as part of a broader groomer problem on the internet, but this is a distantly minority take.