Joel on Software explained why FogCreek made Wasabi: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/09/01/wasabi/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/09/01/wasabi/ Then a

Joel on Software explained why FogCreek made Wasabi: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/09/01/wasabi/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/09/01/wasabi/ Then a blog post on why they killed Wasabi 10 years later: - https://web.archive.org/web/20150625182637/http://blog.fogcreek.com/killing-off-wasabi-part-1/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150625182637/http://blog.fogcr... - https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/9777829 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/9777829 --- I think you might be interested in\thinking about DSLs (Domain-Specific Languages). Lisp macros/meta-programming are often used to create DSLs. Paul Graham describes writing a DSL for ViaWeb to stay ahead of the competition: https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/32053575 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/32053575 Interestingly, this seems to also have been replaced later: https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/10567685 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/10567685