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Thanks! I'm interested in understanding the under the hood parts that makes all this work (how the system handles/responds to different events like clicking follow, like, etc).

Anything you can suggest to digest would be great!

You can simply google the Steemit user guide. There plenty of posts you can find about Steemit within the Steemit community to help new comers. Welcome to Steemit Bro!