tekesta wrote:
I apparently did not do well in the endgame and let White reduce Black's moyo early on.
There's an issue with efficiency.

might be OK: I think it is smaller than playing on the lower side. But spending another play actually taking the stone is not OK.

is small. Definitely bigger to close the lower right corner.

If you have to play here,

doesn't look right.

There is a vital point of eye shape on the right side.

Black plays numerous stones in the centre, gets nothing much but "safety" for strong stones.

Forced? No, and Black could break through on the upper left side.

Sets White a reading problem. Does the diagonal connection on the first line work?

The answer is "no", so this isn't needed.

Nor is this.
So you captured stones, too slowly.