Great writeup! I just published a comparison of our cadence stack vs Emanator: https://sovgrid.org/blog/nostr-emanator-comparison/

Key takeaway: Emanator is a solid Buffer-clone for Nostr with thoughtful architecture. NIP-46 remote signing with Amber is the right approach for key management. Staggered reposts help new accounts build an initial audience.

For solo operators running projects with their own npubs (kept separate, initially no followers), Emanator solves a real problem. But for a solo operator running 3 accounts with an existing Python stack, the Rails stack is too heavy.

The leverage pattern: add small, tested modules rather than replacing a complete stack.

Thanks for open-sourcing this!