I believe it's possible, and worth doing. Moreover, I have spent several years of my life trying to do just that in the space of network parsers and serializer

I believe it's possible, and worth doing. Moreover, I have spent several years of my life trying to do just that in the space of network parsers and serializers! All I was saying is that it's not easy or straightforward to achieve, and that the author's essay doesn't offer anything that helps us get there.