Ease of use points for sure (I could use something like this), but why does it need HTTP calls? Sincere question— my Monday morning brain can't grasp it.
It could very well be that the author has plans to be able to create or edit memos using web calls, and pave the way for a browser based memo app.
It references some templates which I don't see in the repo, so not sure how far along it is. Maybe those are included in one of the dependencies.