For whatever it's worth, I wouldn't consider myself a developer. I am just technical enough to figure out how to use Jekyll, but I really think of myself more as a humanities / education person. But I care about software that respects my privacy and that I can help influence the development of, if only by being in a community with the people who build it. I slightly participated in the Obsidian community before finding Dendron, and mostly just got non-responses to my questions. With Dendron, I feel like I actually have a chance to talk to the builders. Dendron does require that someone is technical enough to be able to install an extension for VS Code, but beyond that, I think it's a question of which patterns someone is willing to take the time to learn. In any case, I hope you find a tool that you feel is worth spending your time and effort to use!