80% of the time, compiling something from source is just a matter of downloading the code, opening a terminal and changing to the directory containing the source and running these commands:
./configure
make
make install
It's the same 3 commands, 80% of the time.
Installing the prerequisites can be tricky, if the docs are lacking.
If we knew how hard things were going to be (or how long they would take!), we wouldn't attempt the task. Being a bit deluded about how smart we are is helpful for this.
Plus, there is a lot of autism in IT which sometimes makes people seem like arrogant dickheads even if they aren't.
One of the big weaknesses of Mastodon is it does a poor job of showing replies to posts, if you're on a small server. A lot of replies don't get federated, so you won't see them. It's rubbish. I spent weeks trying other software until I found one that proactively goes to the original server and retrieves replies on the fly, when you view the thread. It is called 'Akkoma' and it is fantastic.
https://mycrowd.ca/ is the Akkoma instance that I settled on.
Another major limitation of Mastodon is all replies are shown in a single long list, unlike lemmy. For this reason I quite like Friendica. Friendica has a UI that is reminiscent of Facebook. https://venera.social/ is a good instance. However now that Lemmy/Kbin is blowing up I feel less need for it.
Only to agitate for the indefinite blackout https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/148ks6u/indefinite_blackout_next_steps_polling_your/
Don't forget to buy thermal paste!
There is only one admin and it is also the only kbin developer.
Kbin is not ready, I'm sad to say.
No, the whole thing is too much like work. The CSS has no license so anyone is free to rip it off and use it - someone who has already set up their lemmy development environment would be able to incorporate this CSS in a few minutes.
Plus I'm sure the devs are frantically dealing with far more important issues to do with scaling, spam and moderation so they won't get to my PR for months. This user script approach gets a result out there immediately.
You need a browser extension. On Firefox it's called "Stylus". Once you've installed that, go to https://userstyles.world/style/10301 and click the 'install' button.
I'm not sure what the equivalent Chrome extension is but userstyles.world will tell you.
Yeah 0.1% would be within some sort of margin of error, surely.