When I wrote this, I was still trying to compete with the other peer providing liquidity. I have since given up on this and closed the channel. Even when completely putting my fees to zero (0/0) I was not getting any routing. The other peer is one of the biggest nodes in the field, and even myself being reasonably well connected, they managed to completely push me out. My suspicion is that they have some direct channels with the typical wallets most people use. I could try to get myself in a similar position, but with my limited funds, I think the way forward outlined in the second part of the article makes more sense.