> It seems like the dev just kind of randomly plugged away and they weren't really willing to learn anything and is holding everything at arm's length. I do it

> It seems like the dev just kind of randomly plugged away and they weren't really willing to learn anything and is holding everything at arm's length. I do it all the time. It is useful test to see practical use of a language on actual project at hand. If a language is not productive quickly and need lot of background there maybe nothing wrong with language. But at same time nothing wrong with devs trying to see where it takes.