It is my understanding that no experienced programmer would even consider touching that stuff given Google's stellar track record in developers' satisfaction.
I believe it is aimed at investors. Thus it will be forgotten the minute it stops influencing stock price.
Thus there is no need to take it literally as a developer tool - it's not.
That’s what it feels like yes. It has a lot of overlap with a ton of stuff that Google already does, and it seems like it’s one of those “rather than improving an existing product, let’s create a new one because that gets us a promotion” situations which Google is well known for.
I believe it is aimed at investors. Thus it will be forgotten the minute it stops influencing stock price.
Thus there is no need to take it literally as a developer tool - it's not.