How D could gain more traction?

[XavierAP via Digitalmars-d]

Exactly, and with the overlapping efforts the result is less than 
the division among the parts, because none of them reach critical 
mass.

But this has already been kind of done in the past regarding 
Tango vs. Phobos. I think it would be good to extend the same 
guidance to a gradually growing set of necessary libraries.

I was thinking less ambitiously about seeing what promising 
already existing projects can be used, but it may be worth it to 
design the APIs we'd like as you say and contrast them.