Thanks for posting this, it's a super important message!
Computers, servers, web sites, and all the assorted technical bits and bobs that make them are hard. Asking for help, needing help, getting help, and offering help are totally normal and expected. (It's actually strange if you never need help.)
And as an aside, Dreamwidth development is not run like most other projects. We value contributors over contributions. This web site is about the people, not the lines of code. I have a personal dislike of the word meritocracy because of all the baggage it has and the way people use it as an excuse to demean and discourage. Not here.
If you keep that thought front and center -- people first! -- the rest of it starts to fall into place. We're a team and we will support each other. That's what's important here.
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Computers, servers, web sites, and all the assorted technical bits and bobs that make them are hard. Asking for help, needing help, getting help, and offering help are totally normal and expected. (It's actually strange if you never need help.)
And as an aside, Dreamwidth development is not run like most other projects. We value contributors over contributions. This web site is about the people, not the lines of code. I have a personal dislike of the word meritocracy because of all the baggage it has and the way people use it as an excuse to demean and discourage. Not here.
If you keep that thought front and center -- people first! -- the rest of it starts to fall into place. We're a team and we will support each other. That's what's important here.