Wow. The original comment was fantastic, but this is above and beyond. Thank you!! :)

No problem. I miss doing this for a living.

As a side note, someone else decided that my blog was worth posting on HN, so if you have any questions or comments, you can ask them over there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12409577

Great write-up! That's the kind of wisdom I was looking for. I'll pass it along when people seem like they could use it for their project or service. ;)