actually, your comment made me think

actually, i'd prob try to take well-defined to a new level - maybe looking for other examples and see how they gained traction, etc. if you don't have a big marketing budget, it might be a grind, but i think it could legit work, if only because i would have gladly paid for programming or other tech help -- and have -- at various points in my career.

a few times it's been really hairy situations with open-source stuff, but i have even paid for a _suggested_ fix -- just like going to the doctor. :-D

so, maybe instead of, "hire a programming expert for 1 hour", it might be "hire a python expert for one hour", then slowly expand outwards.

basically, a StackOverflow, but paid in real dollars instead of 'just' karma.