Yes, the big funding showed up, later. Hodlbod and Fiatjaf and co. were here before the funding.

It's clear that some of the older libraries were built at a time when they had no idea how big and complex their running environment would eventually be.

We're coming in later and building with a view of massive expansion and diversification of use cases. Need other tools and architecture for that, but that's what we're used to from our employers. Different kinds of software devs are arriving now, as the protocol matures, but it's still very early.