Intelligently decoupled, no. Needlessly abstract, yes. Many rockstars can't tell the difference.

Software is, among other things, a form of communication between humans. That's what Knuth's "literate programming" ideas aimed towards. It's also a driver of lots of these methodologies he's so fond of: we use them because they are easier to understand than the wordier alternatives.

Whatever else his code is (and remember, we only have his opinion that it's good, we can't judge for ourselves), he's failing really badly to communicate with his co-workers and bosses.

If it's so far from the normal coding standard and practices within the company it doesn't matter if it's better or worse it's just as unmaintainable.