meowtastic

Former S&P employee. The incoming CEO is ex Accenture. Friends rewarding friends :)

With the most likely outcome being 0.

this made me chuckle

I'm stuck in a similar rut. And yes, I know there are people out there way worse off than me.

It's okay to be like that. Just take a small step towards something you'd like to achieve. It's okay if it doesn't work out, be proud that you've taken that small step. That's how many success stories actually started, from small steps combined with a huge amount of luck - but few will admit. And you might not succeed no matter how many times you do it - you should still be proud that you tried.

And remember - you only hear of success stories in social media.

> being relentlessly helpful to others, even in things that aren’t strictly your responsibility, keeps you as someone everybody wants on the team

I often see this advice, but to me sounds like a speed run to burnout. I've seen tech leads leaving the industry because of this too.

Can't be bothered paying for the games, buying gaming rig abd investing time.

Would be nice if it was mobile friendly.

You've got further than me! I've spent evenings and weekends over the past 15 months trying to start an online business with 0 revenue to show.

I've also been burned out trying to follow what I've seen other people on Twitter, or even those in my local meetups.

I've come to accept that there's no single set of steps that will guarantee me success. I have to keep trying and seeing what sticks; I still look at what's worked for others, but I also consider my circumstances and adapt to them.

You have to enjoy the journey as well. Just look back at how you were 8 months ago; I'm sure you'll feel proud of all the things you've learned!

My team wants to do that. Only because the rest of the org uses Java.

Performance and dev experience yes. Simplicity-wise I guess one could argue that Django takes the crown as long as you're okay with the compromises you have to make. I not sure what you mean by value, if it's cost of hosting the service then I'd say yes again because it requires less resources than all the other alternatives.

Astro SSR web app, Tailwind, and Drizzle ORM. Use Postgres. Both hosted on a single Hetzner instance for about $6/month. I've tried Django, C#/Blazor, React/Go+Gin, Next.js, none came close.

Ads. I've seen other people do it with similar ideas, and it sure beats slogging away for 6 months on another SaaS for me.