Thanks! I was really inspired by all the good advice here in the community. Truth to tell, the last article I read, right before writing this, was

https://medium.com/feedium/i-always-give-out-either-50-claps-or-none-e65d8a67e55e

by @MariaValevsky

I liked the logic she used to describe her choices for claps on medium and wanted to follow up in my own way with a discussion on my methodology. From there, it...drifted and suddenly was something else entirely.

Glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate the encouragement and will keep writing every chance i get.