Maybe some improvement…
…could come from @danohu's hackathon track, which is exactly about improving Edgeryders. This user experience stuff is also great, as it can be used to involve people with little or no programming skills. Not sure whether you are planning to come for the hackathon (or indeed at all!), but if you are you might consider joining us here; and if you are not, you could leave Daniel some suggestions.
I am relieved, however: the amount of time and energy we have to put in is really scarce, not artificially so. I guess this means we dodge being seen as “hydraulic tyrants”