It's so easy to get wrapped up building tools and frameworks and protocols and never do anything with them, or do anything else with your life, so I think it's

It's so easy to get wrapped up building tools and frameworks and protocols and never do anything with them, or do anything else with your life, so I think it's important to have reasonable expectations. Understanding what kind of things people will build with you language would probably help, so you don't waste time trying to please people who will not use your language anyway.