I've also been slowly learning Common Lisp and the good news is that #1 and #2 are likely going to coincide! You'll add/update route handlers as the web-server

I've also been slowly learning Common Lisp and the good news is that #1 and #2 are likely going to coincide! You'll add/update route handlers as the web-server is already bound to a port and listening for requests. Throw in something like CL-WHO (for HTML generation) and you'll be modifying your site on-the-fly with no restarts :)