That might be the most cringey opening quote I've ever read for an article. Straight out of Silicon Valley (the show). The only explanation I can come up with is that the reporter knows nothing about tech and the kid was trolling her.
Edit: better english
I wonder what he did with the other 23.5 hours that day...
The reporter (Nellie Bowles) has been covering Silicon Valley for a number of years, most recently for Recode (she wrote a great series of articles about Zappos' attempt to revitalise Las Vegas). She knows whereof she speaks.
What's great is that the show doesn't need to make anything up. I'm not surprised if teens in the area speak like that.
Personally, I think this kind of transparency is necessary. We might live in a fairy tale, but there are truths to be found in the harsher realities.