Stripe bought them recently (see https://www.indiehackers.com/blog/acquired-by-stripe ), so he's now working on it full time - logically the quality of the site content should go up.
You should treat these pieces as interviews rather than investigative journalism. Take the numbers with a grain of salt, and do additional sleuthing on your own if you want to make serious financial decisions based on an interviewee's claims.
P.s i dont have anything against lightingshoes per se.
Thanks again for your explanation.