"15. Rule of Optimization: Prototype before polishing. Get it working before you optimize it." The Dat team has a solid track record creating separate packages

"15. Rule of Optimization: Prototype before polishing. Get it working before you optimize it." The Dat team has a solid track record creating separate packages for binaries; they're responsible for maintaining Fuse, Electron and LevelDB packages on NPM. Optimizations are likely to follow.