Well if you stuff into a gallon ziploc and cut the corner off, you can just toss the bag. Tying the twine shouldn’t take much longer than grabbing a knife and running along the honing steel. But the uneven cooking is a good question. Usually with gnocchi they’re done when they float but you have a little wiggle…

My biggest problem was the person buying our existing house. She was one of those people who low-balled us and then asked for every little thing noted in the inspection report...down to caulking a 3" section around a light switch. I almost ended up putting it back on the market because of that BS.