I just watched a recording of a talk Chris gave a few months ago. It's a retrospective about building Lighttable/Aurora/Eve. If you were interested in the project(s) I suspect you'll find it interesting.
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT2CMS0MxJ0
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThjFFDwOXok