I think that we are all getting tired of the limits of SMF.
I think SMF works pretty well now. I fixed the most pressing issues. (This is one of the reasons I haven't been too motivated to get this job done.)
OMG you have got to be shitting me.
Fixed most of the pressing issues? What issues have been fixed? There's no mobile support. There's no moderator support. There's no subscription support. There's no advanced editor support. There's no useful search feature. There's no reputation support. There's no auction support. There's no classified support. There's no spam protection. There's no image gallery. There's no attachment management. There's no streaming/AJAX thread updates. There's no advanced profiles. There's no anything, except a forum built in the 1990's.
I can't seriously believe you just said you fixed most of the pressing issues. Use modern forum software. All of the above is included in modern forum software either out of the box or with simple plugins. Stop this silly nonsense about reinventing the forum wheel and creating software from scratch. Pick a modern package and go with it.
Heh... "SMF works pretty well now." It's like saying "My horse and carriage work pretty well no, we don't need those new fangled 'automobiles'".