I was also excited when he said "I filed a bug on June 6th, and it was fixed on the 12th. Gotta love that.". There is no better feeling than sending a pull request and having someone thank you, merge it, and fix the issue within a few hours or days of you sending it.
In this case, however, I think his joy may be premature. Rob Pike replied to the bug saying it was indeed an issue and either the code or documentation should be fixed. Having Rob Pike reply is a good start, considering he's the primary author of Go. Someone else then came along and fixed it in a way the article's author is unhappy with, though[1].