ERROR STRUGGLE IS REAL

I have spent the better part of last two days trying to set up a bot on Steemit. Unfortunately, things weren't going my way.

Struggle 1

I could not get the Python package to install. I literally installed like 20GB of various applications that I thought would fulfill the dependency necessities, and it still failed.

Struggle 2

I was getting tired. That's when I had the bright idea of trying it on other computers. So, without further ado, I installed Python and the necessary dependencies on 2 other machines. Unfortunately, this also did nothing to help me.

Struggle 3

Getting desperate, I started looking for programmer who would know what to do. I could not find anyone who worked with Python+steem, so I asked in general programming chats. They recommended I find another library, but it seems like piston is the one to go with here, so I don't really have that option.

Struggle 4

Ubuntu. That's it! I can install Ubuntu, and all my problems will magically go away!

WRONG!

Still no success. Still errors. Is something wrong with the package? What am I doing wrong? All the Google results for my errors are slightly different. I tried a bunch of solutions to no end.

Struggle 5

You can see how I was frustrated at this point. I gave up.

Struggle 6

No, screw that. I want to make it work.

Oh! That's right! There are other libraries! Node.js!

I tested it out with some sample code, and it seems to work just fine.

Struggle 7

One tiny problem. I don't know node.js or what it really is.

Struggle 8

I will now be trying to (might fail as well) to learn node.js

Will be back to civilization once I am ready.

Conclusion

This is a story of failure. This is also a story of perseverance.