So, from what I understand of your process and that article, you're following the version shown in this chart, where Mark and Denise are the maintainers?

And since this seems the best place to ask - I know this is specifically for babydevs, but how baby is okay? I very much want to learn more about... a lot of technical things in the project, but beyond on intro to computer programming course a couple years ago, I have zero applicable knowledge. Diving into such a big project seems a bit of a scary way to start learning, but y'all seem so willing to teach, it's tempting!