Considering why this happens, perhaps the issue is... paid support on a small personal project feels like cheating, even if it saves you tons of time and reduce

Considering why this happens, perhaps the issue is... paid support on a small personal project feels like cheating, even if it saves you tons of time and reduces headaches. I guess people take pride in knowing their software stack from top to bottom. For larger projects egos are put aside because the more important factor is reliability. I don't have any answers of how to change things for your project, but hopefully this comment can be of some use.