The package Jeremy Howard uses for Claudette, nbdev, actually does address the notebook pain points of version control, testing, integration, and deployment: https://nbdev.fast.ai/ (Debugging is already a strong point of developing within a notebook.) But it's admittedly used mostly for solo projects or small teams and may not be ready for large orgs.
One of the joys of high school was discussing these with a friend (after submission---but one could forego the contest and just do the circle thing with them for fun).
I'd love to see them implement a good liquid democracy system that would offer a better "middle ground between 'take every vote' and 'let Blackrock decide'."
Or maybe you just have a different theory of change? His seems to be that our best shot is to use whatever levers remain available in our nominal democracy to reduce the political power accruing to extreme wealth. What's yours?