honestly that depends…
the device let’s you carry several “instruments” and load them whenever you need to play something
to load an instrument requires nothing more than navigating a simple menu and selecting a “script” (there’s no need to type or understand code unless you want to make something new or modify an existing script)
if you have no interest in learning the technical details yourself, take sufficient time to listen to what the machine is capable of (in other peoples’ video and audio demonstrations) and decide whether it seems worth the money to you
so far we’ve seen a euclidean rhythm app for sequencing samples:
a livelooper/sampling instrument:
and a few other things briefly shown here:
As the docs launch in coming weeks and users document their experiences with the first batch I think you’ll have a clearer answer to your question. Certainly by september (when norns goes on sale again) you will have plenty more on which to base your opinion of the software