Introduction

[Snow Leopard]

...End of the day it's just picking the right tool for the job I guess...

You might want to look into the R programming environment [https://www.r-project.org/].

...Is there a board that's more appropriate to talk about 'this type of thing'?...

I make no recommendations, except stick with ShareTrader.

Best you go a googling on what you actually want to achieve, get stuck on, etc and follow the leads. See if anything suits you.

Safe travels.

Thanks for the reminder to update my location with https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/

Best Wishes
Paper Tiger