I am a software developer by craft and a linux system admin by hobby. I cannot commit to moderating and managing my own instance, but I would be glad to help someone with the technical aspects.
The most common complaint I saw in Reddit and here about switching to Lemmy is the difficulty of setting it up, so I thought I would help bridge this gap.
While I have never hosted my own instance before, I already checked the setup guide and it looks pretty simple to me, so I am confident I can do it. Please feel free to comment or DM.
It would be great if you can comment general questions. I can then respond to you here and maybe others will see it and know how to host their own instances too.
What was it you were struggling with? I found the guide to be straightforward, but I also have a tech background similar to OP
I likewise have a similar background to the OP. I wouldn’t say I struggled (thanks to the Matrix chat room), but the docker instructions straight up didn’t work a couple of days ago. I and another guys submitted a couple of PRs and I think the instructions should at least work for common setups now, but the edges are very rough.