I'm working on a high-level API to solve a lot of what you're describing. It's still in its infancy, but soon will be runtime agnostic: https://github.com/joelg

I'm working on a high-level API to solve a lot of what you're describing. It's still in its infancy, but soon will be runtime agnostic: https://github.com/joelgriffith/navalia https://github.com/joelgriffith/navalia. File an issue for what's missing!