But does Light Table now without its original founders have any steam behind it? A glance at its GitHub tells me no.
To paraphrase Isaac Newton, we stand on each other’s shoulders. Other people need to stand on their shoulders.
Most of the time developers want tools for free. That makes for slow progress.
Some developers stand in the footprints of giants and complain about the view.
Many developers stand in the footprints of giants, don't realize they're standing in footprints, and will argue very loudly that the particular muddy footprint they're stuck in is amazing, and you're an idiot if you disagree.
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I admire group #1. And I don't blame group #2. You've got to pay the bills somehow, and most people can't afford to join group #1.