I'll state for the record that I reached out to you and the mailing list a few times since Beast was announced in June 2016, offering any interested parties the opportunity to participate in the design of the library. No one showed up.
It is quite usual for really useful feedback to not arrive until a library is prepared for formal review. Your users before a review are by definition already fans, and won't give you really useful feedback. It takes a lot of effort to give high quality feedback, and many of us can't spare the time until we know the thing we are reviewing is supposed to be finished. I know that is frustrating, but it is what it is. Niall -- ned Productions Limited Consulting http://www.nedproductions.biz/ http://ie.linkedin.com/in/nialldouglas/