[Myrmornis]

> If it is indeed the latter scenario, it just wastes others' time.

What an absurd, and disgusting, point of view. The author is free to create whatever the fuck he/she wants, for fun. It's not wasting anyone's time -- no one else is obliged to spend any time interacting with it in any way.

You should really reconsider your position. One point is that, while you may have the skills and experience to only work on projects that improve the status quo, many of us do not; and even those who do, as beginners had to pass through the stage where they did not.

[erlehmann_]

If a project does not improve the status quo, I think it should not be presented as something one “should have”.

The time wasted is exactly the time it takes to find out that “elegant and efficient” is at best hyperbole, at worst a lie.

[Myrmornis]

Have you ever met a novice programmer?