alt Hacker News5:55 video released on May 5th, as per description :)
For something feeling like a fairly specific IC, I remember seeing many projects that use it throughout the years in wacky ways - and seeing it makes me happy to know that the sentiment for this little piece is shared.
The trick is that it's sold as a timer but it's really a kit of parts from which you happen to be able to build a timer.
There's a lesson in there somewhere.