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iTerm will always have a special place in my heart; I used it for years and years. I can't quite articulate why, it just feels outdated compared to apps Ghostty / other modern terminals.

But I still type "iTer.." out of muscle memory when intending to launch Ghostty.

When I moved to herdr I specifically looked for a donate / purchase button on their website and it wasn't anywhere to be found (at least in a prominent location).

I gladly donate / pay subscriptions to software I use regularly... but the company has a responsibility to make it obvious on how to do so

Really happy to hear this. I was tinkering with Dagger soon before the pivot to AI, and assumed this would not be solving my CI woes anytime soon.

Focusing on CI would still enable the AI stuff too! But my use case is CI, no AI.

> mayflies debating politics

Well said to that person. I think about this a lot, and have wondered if it's the advent of code school? Which itself was a result of the insane FAANG hiring sprees + salaries (where was a result of 0% interest rates among other things).

A developer going through code school in the last ~decade was taught React, GraphQL, Redux, or whatever the cool framework was at that moment with the goal of getting hired (not learning how to build well).

I'm fortunate to have entered the market in the early 2000's juuuust before that wave started. I'm only now getting a few gray hairs in my beard and am glad I was taught to understand _all_ parts of a system. I don't know if that'd be the case if I started in the mid-2010's.

Love audiobookshelf! Though I've struggled to find good copies of audiobooks that aren't ~$50...

Sounds like you've got it figured out then. Best of luck!

My broader point is that if you want to build a business there's a ton of opportunity if you're not overly picky on what that opportunity looks like. B2B, B2C, mobile, web, node, Python, PHP. None of it really matters.

> You are looking at a business-to-business.. which is where we said there is still opportunity, in large part thanks to those collecting angel money.

You might be mixing up opportunities within the tech industry with using tech to build a business within other industries. Angel money isn't really a "thing" for the latter, and that's where I'm pointing to opportunity.

But by all means keep on pushing B2C if that's your passion

I respectfully disagree that there’s no business opportunity that people are willing to pay for.

If your only target are developers or the tech industry, maybe, but there’s a whole world of non technical business people with problems that have extremely easy (and boring) technical solutions.

I’ve recently signed up my third customer paying $49/mo with a simple CRUD app. No targeted ads or landing pages. I literally walked into offices in my town and asked what the most annoying part of their job is and I made a prototype. They signed a 6 month commitment.

They’re amazed at my “computer skills” only because they don’t know any better.

Not saying I’ll become insanely rich, but my goal is a reasonable living ($200-$300k) within 5 years.

All this to say I think the opportunities in this market are there, but they look different.

Totally with you. If the plumber in my neighborhood can start a business with all their overhead, then why can’t I on a $5/mo Digital Ocean server?

It really comes down to being willing to start small and grow within your means (even if that means a SMB loan or small investment).

But if you can’t find even 1 customer then it’s likely you’ve started building without talking to actual customers.

Or, you know, build a business that customers are willing to pay for…

Spend less than you earn. Maybe get an SMB loan if the numbers work. This approach is older than the tech industry.

Can you say more about your LinkedIn approach? Are you posting content or cold outreach? Something else?

That's my understanding as well.

Definitely will follow this, I was really disappointed when Maps.Me started getting enshittified. Hope it doesn't happen to Organic Maps as well.

Yep, I do. It's a baseline expectation in my experience when working within less technical industries.

Can you tell me more about your Portainer setup? Does it just update your app from an image or is it checking out code from a git repo on deploy? This approach sounds very interesting

> Axiom 2: You’re optimizing over a business, not over a codebase.

Well said. Ultimately I think this is where much of the communication breakdown occurs when discussing Framework A vs Framework B online.

If you’re optimizing for _code_, sure. Stress about the ms it takes to load this or that thing. Client vs server. All of it is valid discussion from an engineering standpoint. Go nuts!

If you’re optimizing for _business_, then choose something that gets the job done. Fewer moving parts - and fewer resources needed to maintain it - the better.