Hey man, accidentally downvoted this comment but I agree heartily. In fact, if you're interested in the approach you describe at the end of your comments, you s

Hey man, accidentally downvoted this comment but I agree heartily. In fact, if you're interested in the approach you describe at the end of your comments, you should read about "event sourcing", CQRS, Redux, Apache Samza, Elm, and re-frame.