I'll call this Downes's Simple Law: the more times a set of instructions says "simple" or "simply", the more difficult it will be to follow those instructions. Now because I'm pretty familiar with what the author is doing, for me it's not too diffiult to follow along (I just translate the Linux commands into Windows, for example). And I know to use NoteTab or Atom to create my text file. When I get to "install Nginx on your server" it gets a lot more complex, because now it appears I need a fresh new Linux server to make any of this work. I know to ignore (and not retype) all the lines marked '#' in the server confuguration file, because they're commented out. Instructions like "netstat -punta will help you work out what's in use" and "Use our Lets Encrypt howto to set that up" are rabbit-holes with a whole new set of equally opaque instructions. The good part about the instructions is that it tells you how to upgrade your server, but it's unlikely you'll get that far unless you didn't need the instructions to begin with.
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