@davidbody Thank you for the link, yep, I watched it a couple of days ago one more time:
https://fosstodon.org/@abcdw/111012153486374711

It's inspirational, but org-ref seems too cumbersome/overcomplicated. Trying to build a slimmer and more extensible setup for rde, so it's easier to maintain and troubleshoot it and other people can reuse it.