Hey, @sidekickmatt.
Thank you for the sharing. :)
re: feel inadequate
I know that feeling. I tried to keep it as simple as possible but there's no way around it—curation and how it works is complicated (okay, maybe not so much post HF 25, but as of right now...), and so hopefully I was able to give a general enough description of it that was accurate enough.
Hopefully, this can be a part of the conversation with folks outside of HIVE. I'm sure many more posts like this will be needed to even put a dent in things, let alone gather the masses.