The only thing here where I think "wow, that's a lot" is the whole `module` thing (and even that, I'm sure I could love, it's just alien to me for now, and I do

The only thing here where I think "wow, that's a lot" is the whole `module` thing (and even that, I'm sure I could love, it's just alien to me for now, and I doubt it'll gain much traction for quite a while). Everything else seems like a very C++ thing, or an improvement. No one ever forces you to use extra features. But if you can improve/reduce your code, why not?