It has nothing to do with whose setup it is and everything to do with an immense amount of specialized knowledge that requires, at the very least, months to even begin to understand to the extent that you can deploy your own server.
@artyom I think part of it is that it *is* easy.... when you're working on your own setup, that you built, and know all the components of, and know all the long term goals of, that was built over years piece-at-a-time...
Get anyone who acts like it's easy to work on someone's setup that isn't their own, and they'll quickly remember how complicated it all is.
artyom@piefed.social 5 days ago
I would agree with this and the sentiments above. If I am on my system, I know how I have it set up. I can reference pages of notes if I do forget how I did something. I am more familiar with my server and services. When it comes to someone else’s set up, I can tell you how I did it, and that it works for me. You’ve got to kind of adapt it to your scenario. I can understand how that would be frustrating for someone starting out, as with Linux, there seems to be a thousand ways to do one thing.