I have to admit that would be pretty interesting. I still contend that you should leverage a lot of existing code, and build on top of that; if for no other re

I have to admit that would be pretty interesting. I still contend that you should leverage a lot of existing code, and build on top of that; if for no other reason than it gets you to a working system ASAP. There are too many promising-looking projects that try to start from first principles and end up achieving nothing but a poor, half-rewrite of existing systems. If you find an existing system is holding you back, try to improve that, then do your own as a last resort - preferably after you have a user/customer base.