sahrizv

Fair point, but the medium changes the message sometimes. :-)

The tweet resonated with a sizeable part of the developer community hence linked here.

I think a global style file helps when the same HTML markup is repeated in several parts of your application.

However, a component based architecture, by definition represents the reusable HTML markup of your application. Since such a component brings along its own styles wherever it is used, there is negligible loss of reusability of styles.

This is in theory of course, but my experience (with Vue.js) has been the same in practice too.

With Vue.js at least, you have the optional "scoped styles" feature which gives you tuneable reusability in case you really need it. Most of the time, I find my self writing

  <style scoped>/*styles here*/</style>

 in my component files.

Edit: Regarding performance, I believe it could potentially be an issue on mobile devices (for now), and if so I would solve it by creating a global stylesheet by merging all individual stylesheets and appending the component name as a prefix in all selectors in both the styles and the markup.

This would be done programmatically using webpack or some other front end build tool. I doubt I'd ever need to do that TBH.

Agree that's a big way to create more jobs. Currently building for myself, hope to do it for others too in the long run.

waits restlessly for elixir jobs... :)

Seriously, left my decently paying Tech Lead job in Bangalore to take a break and work with Elixir/OTP.

Would be nice to see an upward trend in Elixir related remote jobs.

I think a good way to increase creativity and productivity is to use the right abstractions of thought and craft. Every good(non leaky) abstraction expands the creative envelope further and lends itself to creation of new higher order abstractions for the next generation.

Having coded in imperative languages like Java, Python and C++, I had been on the lookout for a practical general purpose language which provides good abstractions/high expressiveness. Elixir appealed to me more than Go in that regard. It's been six months since I started writing Elixir and it's been a pleasure.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll move to Google Apps on the first sign of trouble.

I set up free email with custom domain on Zoho, yesterday. You can set up to 25 free accounts IIRC.

Yes, definitely build up a good runway or you'll find yourself negotiating from a position of weakness when you look for a job with urgency.

Another thing would be that employer preferences differ with regional factors, so get opinions from some local friends who have done this.

Finally, as you might already know, you must realize that this is a gamble. I'd play in a way that I have some guaranteed upsides(learning, fun, experience, autonomy), bounded downsides(loss of income, loss of seniority, stress) and unguaranteed, unbounded upsides($$$..$$$).

Personal Anecdote: I've been on a planned break since June '16 to build stuff, among other things. I get approached by top Indian startups once a week on average and nobody seems to lose interest when I tell them I'm on a break.

I have come to love a language called Elixir while working with it during the break and potential employers take it as a positive when I mention this fact.

Before I quit, I was a Tech Lead at an early stage startup(now Series B funded) for 6 months and I'll be looking for employment soon. I do not see this being a problem in my case.