Can&#x27;t agree more. I feel like the reason why a lot of Lispers back in the day ended up re-inventing the wheel is not because of Lisp&#x27;s &quot;dark, seducing power&quot; but simply because the tools and solutions just weren&#x27;t there yet.<p>For example, if it wasn&#x27;t for the existing JVM ecosystem of tools and libraries, I would probably end up creating my own undocumented, unportable, bug-ridden implementation of 80% of Netty. Instead, I just use <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ztellman&#x2F;aleph" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ztellman&#x2F;aleph</a>