I like what you're trying to do with this series, make SMTs simpler to understand while explaining possible shortcomings and possible solutions.
I might have mentioned this before as well, SMTs are not for everybody on steemit, you will need some technical skills and understanding of how the steem blockchain works in order to implement or create your own SMT.
Maybe if SMTs catch on, developers on steemit will have a lot of freelance work available, creating SMTs for popular authors on steemit who have little to no knowledge of the underlying blockchain.