You nailed it, this is exactly my experience.

box?

This is what I don't like about it. Other then that Even is running things differently and maybe it's not for you, but some people really like it and maybe some more will.

Take a look at https://elm.studio/about.html, please read comparison there. Elm does not want to be mainstream, people should really understand that.

This makes me learn python. Any plans for javascript and Vim plugin?