If the OP that posted the link here is the same person that wrote it, as their username and comment history suggests, I think you are probably spot on wrt being

If the OP that posted the link here is the same person that wrote it, as their username and comment history suggests, I think you are probably spot on wrt being motivated by doing it for the sake of doing it. The HN profile of OP says: “I fight boredom by challenging myself to my limits.” That’s the hacker spirit :)