I'm not a developer myself so I resteemed this post to reach any developers in my circle. I do agree that community has a stake in Steemit and it being open source, more developers need to engage themselves in the platform.
There have been improvements in the platform. I have observed the changes made to the items on the menu; some of them renamed. I think it should be simple for devs to rename but the impact is huge.
About a platform going mainstream, I know about SteemJ platform being developed under the guidance of @jerrybanfield and intends to bring freelancing into the fold of Steem blockchain. I am looking forward to the platform where payments will be made in Steem.
The Github issues mentioned in the post seem interesting to me. I totally appreciate your efforts to make Steemit a better place @timcliff.