I'm sure there are many who are toying with the idea to DIY the assembly of the K16 or K1, but considering there we are at least few weeks (and maybe more) far from batch chip delivery, I don't think you should waist your time right now on that, there will be plenty of time for that later. It look's to me that getting the prototypes functional is of the highest priority.
No, that was for later, but I needed something for my own prototype assembly.
Placing this many parts by hand without a guide sheet sitting next to me that I can work from would be error prone. The plan is to print sheets and mark them in groups. eg. sheet one has all the 0.47uF caps highlighted. Each sheet with only a few values so they can be identified without mixing them up. I can work through them in passes, and see easily when I've completed a group. I'll be working under a lighted ring magnifier with fine tip tweezers.
It will be in stages anyway at first, with testing in between, and for later I have stuff coming to make a manual PnP table for doing my own boards.