Yes, the project is disingenuous. It claims there is a bug but really it is just functioning as designed.
It represents more than just a crawler if you have an imagination. That said, I was looking for a solution for one of the listed use-cases and none existed so I did something about it and shared it and now one exists. It takes no creativity to deride a work, and enough to make one and put it out there.
Getting both sides of the feedback has been a fun learning experience and looking forward to putting more out given the amount of feedback! Thank you both :)