It is picking the adventure over playing it safe. "You only live once so you just as well pick the once in a lifetime, most exciting, or whatever experience." What an author finds exciting and YOLOs may be above your risk tolerance.

For this article it's "Life is short so I'm going to favor doing the things I enjoy (releasing something at "it works!", add a feature because it sounds fun, wear socks that don't match) and not the things I don't enjoy (documentation, tests, collaborating/compromising with others...)"