Well, a few weeks later and my motivation to continue the setup faltered on this step. I’m paying for Ghost Pro already so this was merely a curiosity to see if I could get Ghost running locally and play around with it - maybe contribute some code in my spare time. But I ran out of steam on the Mailgun step.
Having some example users seeded so we can kick the tires would really help the onboarding for people who may want to contribute. Just my 2 cents - maybe other people can push through this hurdle easier. I just felt like the documentation on getting up and running could have been better and affordances could be made to get it running without the Mailgun requirement, etc.