So if he ever comes back, I hope he goes back to development & technical discussion, the place where he performs best.
I hope so, especially because there are very expert on development & technical discussion these days.
I enjoyed his techincal posts and I did learn some great stuff from him, somewhere down the line he made a 180 degree change in the content he provides to the forum, he went from that tech-savvy member to a repuation-addicted member, he got himself involved in all the mess of forum trust issues.
His talents are indeed better used on technical subjects.
I agree, even though he also sometimes talk about philosophy side of Bitcoin which is quite interesting,