I agree in the writing analysis. As I cogitated upon this ongoing discussion and considered what he wrote I thought 'Maybe the Special Dev is more writing focused'.
If his new assistant, associate, partner is a writer this could actually have a very positive impact. The speed will increase some but, the overall work will hopefully gain a significant boost in quality. This would not require any time off from actual work and his rig construction could be done in those 2-3 hours he has dropped from a normal workday. A week at most to complete that project. Then he can get back to 5-6 hours as he recently posted. This could be the "Special" he is promoting.
So now we all wait for the 'pudding' to reveal.
Unfortunately for me, I am fairly convinced of some of the previous points on this especially by
GingerSweetGirl .