Hey Michael,
I honestly haven’t had a wealth of extra time to fiddle with it. I read through your experience and I’ve had a similar time where it requires tinkering to get what I need.
My next post is going to be able setting up VueJS, which has been overall positive but I’m still trying to figure some things out. Development isn’t my primary discipline so I’m definitely slow on the uptake but it’s been fun and the hardware experience on the Pixelbook has been exemplary.