1. A language that synthesizes the advantages of Bash, Node, and ML... Basically an expressive yet simple type system, nice syntax, interactive environment, fas

1. A language that synthesizes the advantages of Bash, Node, and ML... Basically an expressive yet simple type system, nice syntax, interactive environment, fast compilation, the ability to run as a script in Unix, first-class support for pipelines, files and sockets, and built in stuff for dealing with HTTP, JSON, regex, etc. 2. An event sourcing database that's not a gargantuan Java EE thing, something like the Redis or SQLite of event sourcing. I just want to store a bunch of events and build indexes in the form of update functions. And then easily access the cached indexes and live event streams through HTTP. 3. Something like Emacs but built on a React-like screen update model and engineered to be fast on something like a Raspberry Pi. We have a common room computer in our collective house that we use as a chat, todo, clock, etc, and right now it runs Emacs in xterm which is pretty good but the programming model is somewhat antiquated. (I tried making a React app but Chromium on the Raspberry Pi 2 is laggy, and besides Emacs is much nicer as an interactive environment.) 4. A tiny laptop with no trackpad and an e-ink display. 5. A scriptable bank account and a common metadata format for bills and invoices. 6. A low cost global roaming SIM card and a flourishing web of minimal bandwidth text services. 7. An accurate ebook parser generating semantic markup and a nice variety of innovative reading interfaces, for example showing one paragraph at a time, some kind of interactive mind mapping reader, etc. 8. A collaborative text editor that works more like a chat than a word processor.