Interesting stuff, thank you!

Today I picked up the baking soda for raising TA, and will get the CYA and calcium tomorrow.

No, I wasn't too lazy to test other things last year. I just skipped the salt test. Last year I ran the Autopilot with it reading 2800-3000ppm (now it's 20% higher).

My CYA is about the same as it was last year. I added some this spring because the pool overflowed with a bit with the winter rains, diluting it. That's why I had to add quite a lot of salt too. In any case, I will bring it up to the recommended levels.