ha nooo i think he said: “i am looking for something more flexible” than the immutable REST payload POC we were playing with at the time (this was 8 years ago). He was right!
Ah excellent extra detail! Eight years. I wager you've put in a remarkable amount of hammock driven development in that time.
I think every clojure programmer has; thinking alone can only get one so far. Electric is the result of contributions of multiple 4-sigma engineers who I have worked closely with over the years. Projects like this are larger than any individual; genuine progress requires collaboration.