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The only reason to use spa as far as I am concerned is that’s the way the industry was going 10 years ago… so the community and controls etc… were / are for spas.. any other reason to me was just chasing new tech.

I made the switch and the community it stronger than ever for vuejs and react


when i discovered angularjs i thought it was a revelation. finally i could write webapps without having to track UI state in the backend, only treat the backend like a database. all the UI logic was dramatically simplified. it went so far as making my backend so reusable that i don't have to do any backend coding at all anymore. creating a complex webapp is now as simple as writing a desktop client.

sure, i could do the same thing with a traditional fullstack framework. with discipline i would be able to keep frontend and backend code separate. but i have yet to work on a project where that is the case.

i don't build SPAs because the industry demands it. i build SPAs since before the industry even heard about it. and i build them because they make for a cleaner architecture and give me more flexibility than any fullstack framework would.


we used them because they guaranteed parts and repair for something like five or ten years. This was the number one reason we purchased hundreds...

No complaints, they were very stable. We tried other cheaper models and they would overheat etc.. ( used on large ships )


Things are not always what they seem. I’ve started multiple companies that appear to be not viable but once you’ve made something and shown value, all of a sudden everybody wants it.

I mean good gosh just think about Uber, WhatsApp, YouTube - like anyone would ever want that at one time. The world is a big place. Most undervalued lesson early in life.


There definitely are lucrative and unexploited niches. But, in my experience, the majority of unexploited niches are unexploited for a reason.


I was in the same situation(wife, small children, no real savings) about three years ago. Long story short freelance for a high enough rate that you can pay subcontractors to do the work and free you up to work on the side project. Eventually, you can start paying the freelancers as subcontractors to work on your project as well and this is the hardest part and I don’t know any way around it. I happen to know people that were in sales and know the business side of the industry I target. Eventually, one of them said, I’m ready to be entrepreneur and I sold a piece of the pie in exchange for him and his clients. Within the first two months our profits soared. It’s a wild ride and we are just getting started. Build a solid product that customers love and lightning will eventually strike.


What’s wrong with licensing?


MongoDB’s SSPL is neither an open source license[1] nor, most likely, a free software one[2]. Its definition of offering the licensed software as a service is so broad most Linux distributions[3–6] flat out refuse to ship MongoDB (not even in a nonfree repository or the equivalent) so as to (among other things) avoid placing the operators of their package mirrors in legal jeopardy.

[1] https://blog.opensource.org/the-sspl-is-not-an-open-source-l...

[2] https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/13888

[3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=915537

[4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/MongoDB_Removal

[5] https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1122267

[6] https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@li...


https://www.mongodb.com/licensing/server-side-public-license...

I am not sure really.

"It should be noted that the new license maintains all of the same freedoms the community has always had with MongoDB under AGPL - they are free to use, review, modify, and redistribute the source code. The only changes are additional terms that make explicit the conditions for offering a publicly available MongoDB as a service.

Obviously, this new license helps our business, but it is also important for the MongoDB community. MongoDB has invested over $300M in R&D over the past decade to offer an open database for everyone, and with this change, MongoDB will continue to be able to aggressively invest in R&D to drive further innovation and value for the community."



Encryption at rest is not supported in the community/free version of MongoDB.

We built an email service (IMAP support added a month ago) and wrote a WebSocket to SQLite layer to solve our encryption at rest needs for storage.

See our deep dive at https://forwardemail.net/blog/docs/best-quantum-safe-encrypt... for insight.


I wonder, why would you want DB-managed encryption instead of just putting its storage directory in a LUKS-encrypted volume?


Note Percona Server for MongoDB is drop-in replacement for MongoDB and supports Data at Rest Encryption, on SSPL version

https://docs.percona.com/percona-server-for-mongodb/5.0/data...


Really? How many open source databases do you offer? Some may say it’s not right for randos to complain when you give something away and they complain that it’s missing basics. I just happy someone else wrote most of what I need and I can extend it if needed.


Lived in Austin for most of my life and moved away as soon as I could due to Heat and traffic. It’s not an enjoyable place to live weather wise for most of the year. Basically you feel trapped at home either due to heat or don’t want to deal with traffic which I am sure by now is most the day.


Climate change is going to make that heat a bigger issue. Especially with the humidity.


If any of the kids are like the way I was they have two phones, a fake phone for the parents to see and control, and then a real phone I keep to myself


useful skillset on its own

as long as you dont really expect to have any control, lower your expectations and act surprised


I understand the article to say start with these things... that does not mean you have to stop there. Build an empire but start small.


Spot on great advice. The big picture is start small (niche, deep pockets) and then grow big (wide market, all price ranges). I see some comments assuming his advice is the end game for an entrepreneur, its just the start.

I will add one note: dont waste money on marketing (google/facebook/etc... ads) when you start small, if you don't have connections that can give you projects/buy your product then pair up with someone who does.


I used to think social status only meant money. But now I am starting to realize it’s any perceived value that a person can provide in some group setting. For example at church the pastor or those more involved have status. At work, those making impacting decisions have status. When finding a mate, attractive (physically/confident/intelligent) people have more status.

When someone says they are not at your level, you do not have enough status to interact or compete with that person? You don’t have as much perceived valued, but what happens when a princess marries a commoner. Proving the point value is very individualized but at times shared by many.


> For example at church the pastor or those more involved have status.

Yup. Pastor > singer > band member > FOH technician.

IIRC in an orchestra it goes strings > woodwinds > brass > percussion.


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