My life circumstances have changed and I have 2 years to establish a lucrative remote solopreneur side gig. Assume that the technical proficiency/learning curve is the same, all things being equal, would you bet on web apps (like a SaaS), mobile apps, or something else entirely? I know it won’t be easy no matter what I pick. I also know that it would be better to pick the idea first and then...
OK, I'd like to get serious about web development to launch a few side projects that I hope will become my main gig. The three stacks I'm considering tripling down on are Rails, Django, or Phoenix. I have played with all three, but playing isn't creating more complex, production projects.What I like about each:- Rails: It's highly productive and I currently know Ruby the most. Plenty of jobs,...
I'm interested in developing cross-platform applications. I know that it's not ideal and there are some shortcomings, but I want to support Windows, Mac, and Linux. If the solution offers some form of mobile support as well, even better. Electron is popular, but many seem to have a negative opinion of it. What are my best options? I'm flexible and can learn any language/framework required.
In PG's essay from 2001, he makes the case that Lisp beating the averages was instrumental to the success of his startup. To give the question some focus, let's consider web development only. What stack beats the averages today? Or have we reached an asymptotic point where full stacks [1] are all about equally capable and we are no longer able to truly beat the averages?[1] By full stack, I...
I've been looking at system programming languages. After years of web development with higher-level, dynamic, slow languages, I'd like to learn a language that is fast and suitable for system programming. Because let's face it, you aren't going to write a key-value database, web server, or the next docker in Ruby.I considered C, C++, Go, Rust, D, and Swift. I liked Rust and Swift the most.Rust...