It sounds like it needs foundational libraries? Or is it something else. For example, almost everything I write requires one or more of:

  - Embedded toolchain and/or HAL/register map for my MCU family or CPU arhitecture
  - A GUI library and/or basic I/O interaction library (keyboard/mouse to start)
  - A GPU interaction library
  - A web framework (Not going to roll my own DB interface, auth, user system, router, template system etc)

(Etc). I.e., some core library which handles the drudgery I can build my application on. If this is what you're getting at, this suggests a plan of attack!