> I just feel like there are more constructive ways to waste time From my own experience, working on "silly" projects like this, with severe artificial constra

> I just feel like there are more constructive ways to waste time From my own experience, working on "silly" projects like this, with severe artificial constraints for example, can be quite interesting and challenging and lead to lessons learned that can be applied to real projects later. So for the author, it might have been quite constructive indeed.