I liked what I saw of Bonfire the first time I tried it (over a year ago?) but it was clearly not yet ready to be used for the sort of thing I'd like to prototype

I've been experimenting with the sample setup provided by the (streams) repository ( codeberg.org/streams/streams ), a somewhat stripped-down version of Hubzilla ( hubzilla.org/page/info/home )... both powerful and interesting approaches. But, I confess, I've had a hard time grasping and learning everything I (a modestly technical person in my declining years) the intricacies of setup and administration. I would also need to spend a lot of time writing documentation which would make it accessible to Mere Mortals.
So I'm eager to see how Bonfire has developed, to figure out what uses it may be put to, and to see how much of a foundation it provides for building other things...assuming I can interest technically capable developers and designers in joining me in my project.