My kind take on this is that the author is more social than a lot of developers. Some people like water cooler conversations at work and a lot of informal meetings. That makes sense for some jobs in some companies.

My less kind take is that the author is not at all a self starter. Structure is something that absolutely can be applied to life even without an office. The example of faster feedback loops was supposed to be positive, but it was a pair of developers who very quickly broke their production environment.

It's clear the author is better off working in an office and I think that it's good they can. I'm also pretty sure that I wouldn't want to work in _that_ office.