The article doesn't touch upon some major pain points. While the sea side is nice, it heavily relies on tourism and short term rentals. A long term rental is difficult to find during the summer time and it's not well regulated.

The capital (Zagreb) is overcrowded and its infrastructure is getting worse every year. I spent many years there. Now, I can't imagine living there again (judging by my occasional 1-2 day long visits of it).

And, I'm not sure how much the tech sector plays the role for the digital nomads. Some companies did grow a lot, but I don't find today's tech sector (mostly in Zagreb) much different from the one 1-2 decades ago.

You are mostly left to the local market, which has a significant outflow to the rest of the Europe for the past few decades.