Interesting. If you can add a relevant post / author discovery module, you’d have a competitive advantage over others.
As far as I know, there isn’t any interface that provides that.
Which hosting company are you going to use? A commercial one?
I switched to siteground from godaddy a six months or so ago and so far I’m happy with them.
Yes I'm going for commercial. Gamehost.online specifically because I can purchase with SBD. The connection to Steemit is solely through a WordPress plugin called SteemPress for posting, author discovery would only function accordingly provided the author is also utilizing my platform for blogging and off steemit discussions. Further integration is planned such as Steemit Comments for blog posts.
This is a rather tricky project to say the least and I don't expect it to really take off.