I agree with you that APIs are where things fail, and without a good solution for that, you're not going to make much progress. I've spent a ridiculous amount o

I agree with you that APIs are where things fail, and without a good solution for that, you're not going to make much progress. I've spent a ridiculous amount of time working on that problem (and do believe I have a solution). I'll be sure to post to HN when my visual programming environment is ready to use. Today is Eve's day. :)