> For example, I recently looked into self hosting Zotero. It is so under documented and complex that there is almost no way one could self host that I've come

> For example, I recently looked into self hosting Zotero. It is so under documented and complex that there is almost no way one could self host that I've come across this a lot too. But what I've found is that it mostly applies to open source projects that offer a hosted paid version, so it kind of makes sense they'll make the experience slightly worse than it could be (consciously or subconsciously), as it pushes people to their hosted solution. I don't particularly like it though. Doesn't seem to be the case for Zotero specifically, but your comment reminded me that I've noticed this more often lately.