Some QoL changes for the build process

[wilroboly]

I had a really good time working with the build, but I can into some challenges with my local setup. I found I needed to manage some ports and versions of things here and there. I offer the following changes to improve the build process and the instructions for putting this awesome project together. I hope you find them as useful as I did.

[pcambra]

I think maybe you could break this PR in smaller ones and we can get in some of the changes you're proposing?

Many thanks for working on this! 💪