That's a pretty foolish assumption (obviously intended to imply that no issues exist and dev is just being dishonest, I know). But it still fails the test of basic logic. If I have a schedule of due dates those are obviously the days I would post that I am not finished and X is the reason why. I probably have those same issues (family, illness, etc.) all the other days in between, but I feel no responsibility to post my private business until one of those "due" dates comes around and I am forced to. To assume that issues exist in dev's life only on the days he posts about them (because of an update schedule he created probably before any personal issues started/became problematic) is a poor assumption.