I don't have a great answer - it's still the wild west in terms of development out here.

It's still a place where you've gotta ask questions and look at how other people have built things. So to that end, I'd recommend the following:

• steemdev chat: https://discord.gg/2E8qhD
• /f/steemdev forum: https://chainbb.com/f/steemdev
• steem dev portal: https://developers.steem.io/
• steem related projects: https://github.com/topics/steem