Well, it was actually more about implementing the tools primary features (auto-loot/combine of components, health bars etc). I don’t think he was ever interested in doing everything GI does (it does alot).
But it was indeed GI’s popularity that forced Zantai to do that (plus I think he felt sorry for her getting harassed to update it after every game update). She still gets harassed anyway tho so… yeah 
[Special Thanks]
The team wishes to express our sincere gratitude to the modding community for not only providing our players with new content to enjoy but also new features and utilities that they otherwise would not have access to.With today’s update in particular, we wish to thank GlockenGerda for their hard work in creating Grim Internals and inspiring the team to incorporate several quality of life features that have proven to be a staple within the playerbase. We hope that these now baseline features will be a boon to all of our players!
[Major New Features]
- Auto-Loot for Components, Consumables and Crafting Materials is now available! Simply toggle the option in in the Game Options!
- Partial Components that are looted are now automatically merged with other Partial Components in your inventory.
- Monster Health Bars are now available! To enable them, open the Game Options menu and select your desired settings under the HUD tab.
- Monster HUD has been overhauled with updated visuals.
- Game Options menu has been updated with a new tab. The General tab has been split into Gameplay and Interface for better organization, and also cause General was ready to explode with options.
- The Crafting UI now has a Search Bar to filter through your blueprints based on name or specific stats, similar to the Devotion search.
- Owners of the Ashes of Malmouth expansion now have a Search Bar within the Stash, which will highlight items based on your parameters.
Lol that thread… I filtered it to show only Zantai posts. His replies kill me sometime ahahah
Note: for anyone that doesn’t know how to filter a thread to show just one persons posts:
^Simply scroll to the end of the threads first post and do as shown in the screenshot. It’s just that simple.