Oh, don't worry about 303 it was a enjoyable read, and looks like it was written (Hopefully) while enjoying the story itself, definitely wouldn't sit right with me if you were pressured into it
As for the magic, I suppose that explains many of the minute spells and major spells in the context of harder resource management. I personally enjoy Wired, where you can spam out research and ignore lack of sleep at the cost of scry capability.
And if I starve for Ceres lewds, I can simply shape reality and write them myself.