For additional context, it seems the post in the "Background" link was published sometime in 2021 or 2020 and the first release of Cardinal seems to have been i

For additional context, it seems the post in the "Background" link was published sometime in 2021 or 2020 and the first release of Cardinal seems to have been in February 2022: https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/22.02 https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/22.02 So that is presumably why it wasn't mentioned in the post itself. There are also a couple of other more recent projects I'm aware of that relate to the issues discussed in the "No Perfect Alternative" section[0]: * CLAP Audio Plugin ABI standard[1] as alternative to single company controlled VST. * Bespoke software modular synthesizer[2] which includes a Python live-coding feature. In case anyone else is also interested in exploring this space. :) [0] https://aria.dog/barks/why-i-will-never-create-modules-for-vcv-rack-anymore/#no-perfect-alternative https://aria.dog/barks/why-i-will-never-create-modules-for-v... [1] https://cleveraudio.org https://cleveraudio.org [2] https://www.bespokesynth.com https://www.bespokesynth.com