Given this is hacker news, hacking something up seems very appropriate. I don't know the author, but it is clear that he is prolific and talented. This project

Given this is hacker news, hacking something up seems very appropriate. I don't know the author, but it is clear that he is prolific and talented. This project is very much in the seeking ground phase, so having a bunch of hacks is very appropriate. If it turns out useful, then people will fix things. If it turns out not to be useful, then oh well. The danger of course if there are show stopping bugs which prohibit the transition from interesting project to useful project.