fluff article, no description of the so-called 'coding obsession'. All this article says is he had a hit poker app, and then sold it and squandered the money. The end.
I feel there is a distinct difference between a "startup" and anything software related that you sell
Like maddox said himself, he had never the intention of running a business, and that's okay, that's perfectly fine, but it's not a startup. I feel lately everything is labelled a startup, while a lot of things could be, it is just not the case as long as you don't treat it like one.