David
I always enjoy/appreciate these “step-by-step” posts you do! Just a thought on fn. 6: " your favorite IDE[6]" which recommends Visual Studio Code.
I’m no coder, but I do some things that are easier in an IDE. I also enjoy kicking tyres. 
VS Code is pretty great (unless, I take it, one is working on gargantuan files, in which case there are better options). But I do prefer VS Codium, which is “a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code”, but with telemetry/tracking disabled, also MIT licensed. A good option to be aware of, IMO!
