Of particular mention was the catch-22 we hit along the way when attempting to query *and wait for a result* Nickel from *within* Nickel itself (the example being a NM cmd_output launching qndb), c.f.,
https://github.com/shermp/Kobo-UNCaGED/issues/30
(Plus, you get to see us running around like headless chickens until a Eureka moment hits ;p).