Has anyone tried to build a better blog on BC using WebApps only?

In the past I have considered trying to get around some of the limitations of the BC blog system by using WebApps but felt wasn't really possible without a lot of hacks and work-arounds.
But now we have some recent upgrades to BC that have me thinking about it again. Now we have modules-within-modules and, more recently, custom template paths within modules.
Has anyone else ever tried in the past? Is anyone thinking about doing it now with these upgrades? I have had customers in the past come to me with wanting to do blogs but their requested functionality was just too far beyond what BC offers in the blog system. I'd like to see what other partners think about this...
Curtiss
@bcfanboy

Hi there. There are key features to the blog and key lacking features to web apps. The blog is better then people think if you build it up right too.
The new web app engine out next year will allow you to build what you want like a blog.

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