It's sad to see that the Julia ecosystem does not address these issues at all. Maybe Julia people are in some kind of bubble of people who like Julia and generalize that to all potential users and contributors. The true process is probably that people with other workflows (eg. non-REPL/Notebook) and past experiences (esp. more "general purpose" languages) just give up and are never heard of again.
I've ranted about very similar things for some time now, and had some fruitful discussions, and I even offered to help to try to scratch some of the itches me and others are suffering from. I've now mostly given up too.
It's a bit sad for me. I think Julia has many things right and the core concepts are potentially revolutionary. But for me it seems that Julia ecosystem is a bit too jealous of their discovery to let it free. Weird.
I've ranted about very similar things for some time now, and had some fruitful discussions, and I even offered to help to try to scratch some of the itches me and others are suffering from. I've now mostly given up too.
It's a bit sad for me. I think Julia has many things right and the core concepts are potentially revolutionary. But for me it seems that Julia ecosystem is a bit too jealous of their discovery to let it free. Weird.