I'm happy that Nathan is sharing his experience here. It's an interesting project. My development advice would be to get buildable, deployable (and deployed!)

I'm happy that Nathan is sharing his experience here. It's an interesting project. My development advice would be to get buildable, deployable (and deployed!) copies of the app early. A new developer's skill often peters out around the edges of the process, so working through those gotchas and hiccups early will pay off when it comes time to launch.