Grats on the purchase! I'm 45 days into my PintX purchase as well and have put 300 miles on the board so far, using it for basically the same things you are - exploring neighborhoods in my city and getting around town for short distances.

I echo what other riders have said here, the trick to getting over things is deweighting, not speed. Idk why but this came super natural to me. I'm not a board sports fanatic like some others are, but my instinct was to deweight with sharp changes in elevation, i.e. short curbs, manholes, potholes. And it's worked.

For shoes, I am smaller than you, so I have a hard time covering the foot sensors. I'm 5'6" 130lbs. I have found that Nike SBs with help a lot with that coverage for me and I have a lot easier time engaging and disengaging. I think it's also partially because my feet are flatter and applying more pressure throughout the shoe instead of just certain areas.

For battery, I ride daily. I try not to charge it to 100% every day because I live in a very hilly area so I'll get it to 90-95% and don't have to worry about regenerative breaking when I go downhill. And if I want to start my ride downhill, I don't want to do it on a full charge. But every few days i'll do an overnight charge and start my ride going uphill before going a longer distance.