I wanted to jump in here quickly and assure folks who are looking for the next posts on ark that they are coming. A combination of events slowed me down temporarily. But I've got Part 4 partially done and I will get it out as soon as I can.
It turns out that writing posts about ark help me see problems and make improvements and as I was writing the post on ingestion, I saw room for improvement and made substantial changes, which also meant rewriting portions of Part 4. But it is coming soon.
Really.