overall conclusions

packet addiction is easy to satisfy
easy to get more packets or create your own
"network packets at bargain basement rates, ask me how"
coding the network is a great way to learn it
"why the hell did it do that?"
don't rely on others to write your tools for you
you have other problems to solve
don't forget, you can access all of these from scripting languages
easy to develop "on site"
make your code reusable, save more time