How hard is it to build (compile) a plugin?

I am tempted to purchase raytraceantixray since i'm updating to 1.20.4, but I remember being told by PGDK that it was a bad buy because no support will be given and that it was best to compile it yourself. I was wondering if there is significant time/knowledge investment in doing so and whether it would be best for me to just buy it for the easy download.

For reference, this is the plugin: https://builtbybit.com/resources/raytraceantixray.24914/
BuiltByBit
Paper plugin for server-side async multithreaded ray tracing to hide ores that are exposed to air.
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