And it's a Good Thing, since it fosters a inventive way of thinking around a problem rather than just reading/hearing that X exists, download that and be done.

And it's a Good Thing, since it fosters a inventive way of thinking around a problem rather than just reading/hearing that X exists, download that and be done. It's part of learning and honing a skill. This doesn't mean that the implementation should then be used in practice, there are likely other solutions that are better suited, more mature, etc.