@codinghorror @thomasfuchs You should blog it! I don't think @Gargron would mind, he has already taken a lot of criticism.
Some of Mastodon's web UI deficiencies are simply the effect of "not seeing the solution after working on something for a long time", so having alternate takes could help. Mind you Mastodon is already a very old project, so the priorities aren't seen the same way as these newcomers.