If you work in games then you know that John Blow is by many measures the most demonstrably successful game developer without a big studio behind him, others might not.
Talking about this stuff on the Internet is a sloppy, haphazard business: deep insight rarely fits in a tweet. I don’t mind that the blog author is not only saying ridiculous things but naming-and shaming earnest, serious pros into the bargain.
I mind that so many people on this site, which I do care about, are lining up behind that bullshit.
ex gamer here (player only, no idea about the game making industry), never heard of him or any games. Is he really the most successful? From the outside i would have guessed hte most successful indy game dev, based on how much they're talked about, would be something like: dwarf fortress, minecraft, flappy birds, wordle...