Would it help to have a board specifically for developers working on federated events?

I’m not sure what you mean by “board” in this context. Several discussions were started in various contexts (e.g., #software:mobilizon or #software), but the main discussion for developers of Federated Events happens in that topic of #activitypub. It really depends on the context: interop, a specific implementation, etc.

Do you think there should be a dedicated category instead of several topics?