You could make the fork five times faster, a tenth of the code, have every paid feature like Jetpack and Akismet built in for free, and include coupons for unlimited handjobs and ice cream, and it would still go nowhere without the WordPress brand. It's not the same audience as Terraform. Every time I get the itch to start cleaning out WP's Augean Stables with some kind of compatibility layer on top of modern tech (same idea as Drupal 8+) I have to remind myself of that depressing fact: no one will care that it's better.

I am just hoping that someone more connected to and respected within the WP community takes up the mantle; the fact that I can't even name such a person makes me pretty unqualified to lead a fork. But this is not the first iteration of #wpdrama, won't be the last, and my mental health is probably better served by putting WP in the rear view once and for all.