What a hastily written article...
Some additional information that the reporter failed to realize: The employee was a Customer Service Manager, not an "anonymous former developer".
https://twitter.com/RayRoocroft/status/1696304618081292521 https://starcitizen.tools/Ray_Roocroft Link to the actual post for better information: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/164cea5/leaks_pyro_release_date_chris_roberts_qa_excig/
Based on this it looks like he was not very involved in the actual development itself, so take that into account when he talks about the "design trajectory".