Show HN: Abstract Visual Debugger [video]

"unless I can fund it somehow [...], it's going to move slowly. "

That's one way to see it. There's also a good chance it would gain traction if it was open source, especially considering how it targets programmers. The same could apply to the other project that you say is sadly semi-dead - maybe it wouldn't be if others were given a chance to use it and contribute. To be sure, one needs to make a living. But being the creator of such impressive open-source projects can certainly help in that regard. If you really want to retain the possibility of commercializing them, just stick a dual license on them. This is, of course, only an idea and my personal way of approaching this kind of thing. To each his own.

TL;DR: If this was on Github, I would probably contribute!

A little bit like CodeCity (http://www.inf.usi.ch/phd/wettel/codecity.html).

[1] http://cdni.wired.co.uk/1920x1280/a_c/08_2.jpg

This framework allows you to build visualizations like the one in the OP. Right now, I have a visualization that shows all your objects as cards, and you can change values inside the cards while your program is running.

https://github.com/Azeirah/Object.remote

All you have to do in your source is replace any

var a = {val: 10}

with

var a = client.createRemoteObject({val: 10});