I think a couple of simple deployment methods would be beneficial for some other tinkerers to play with your project. Maybe start a discord community for those who'd like to help out? I'd join.
Yeah you're right, at the moment you have to create postgres database manually. Maybe docker would be simpler to use. There is a telegram group and channel at
https://t.me/denarocoin if you wanna join, I use more telegram than discord. Thank your for your appreciation, advices and contributions are always welcome.