1. Hell yes excellent post, and more! The kind of real feedback a dev can get here is really unique.
2. Just wanted to see if you'd add to your post information about the free hosting + rapid dev setup that @rampant and I are offering to anyone making a steem ecosystem product that doesn't do mining. All it is at this point though is a

• contact @faddat at [email protected] (hangouts preferred over mail) or +84 96 111 3075 (Phone, SMS or Signal) and he'll get you setup with a Dockerfile and tell you how to integrate the setup into your dev process to save you time and build our ecosystem faster.

https://steemit.com/steem/@faddat/giving-back-free-forever-steemit-steem-related-app-hosting-in-docker-containers