I feel you should be able to keep the high level idea in your head at once; of course not the details. I don't think I've ever completed a piece of code without having a scheme in my head, and where it should fit in it.
I've seen at least 6 such papers, all being like "<popular architecture> are actually <a bit older concept>". Neural networks are generic enough that you can make them equivalent to almost everything.
I can't get a read on this guy. I have strong bullshit feelings, but I'm not 100% sure.
1. He seems to have an awful lot of referral links - $60 for a bottle of olive oil?
2. He has not posted why is his regime like that - e.g. "Here is a paper about iron deficiencies, so I'm taking an iron supplement".
3. 90% of his website is "look at how dense my bones are", "look at how healthy my liver is" - bro I just wanted to see the actual regime, and you can't even post that.