After putting underlay back down, the stairs are definitely a bit quieter, and I also resolved some problems with the kickstarter feed over the weekend.
Fixed a bug where if you linked to your project in pre-release, it would probably never show up in the feed after launch. Just on the feed today I’m seeing new projects (to me) that have been running a while.
Also made it run much cheaper. Not before I also introduced a bug for three days that’s cost me ~$30. Win some, lose some.