Django, DRF, with high pytest coverage. I'd build the front with Django's own templates + jQuery or even plain JS, but am also fine helping someone else build Vue.
Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun?
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I am very put off by the fact that the template is a yearly sub.
I guess we’ll agree to disagree on the sentiment. Software maintenance never ends. And programmers just like every one else, need to eat. Assuming even a modest $50/hr rate, you’d chew through $250 just trying to get the team invite functionality working, let alone the other 15 features. You’re worth $250 a year for something that will make you a happier engineer. Why burn nights and weekends implementing api tokens…
I don't disagree with the amount, that largely depends on how useful you find the features.
I disagree with the subscription part.
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#153I just started playing with rust + actix-web + sqlx and I have to say I love it so far. Coming from a python/js background, the rust compiler gives me so much information I feel like I move super fast. And the sqlx-cli really helps with analyzing the queries and the migrations.
Writing raw SQL, paired with the structs feels gooood. I thought it was gonna take me longer than python, but so far seems the opposite.
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#154i am react native developer moved to golang
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#155One of 'the most' fun and pleasure to work with stack is FreeBSD ecosystem for me. After switching from Linux both on desktop/laptop and servers I really got comfortable and fun on FreeBSD. Of course its has its ups and downs - like everything in life - but after using FreeBSD for about 16 years now I know one thing - this is the OS that sucks the LEAST from all of them. Here are some thoughts to conquer: https://ver…
Do you find issues with software not packaged for FreeBSD? How's the Wayland situation?
I'm a NixOS user, I have a strange attraction to FreeBSD for years even though I used it only briefly (it sounds silly but running "top" on a bare FreeBSD is so... satisfying and peaceful). Overall I wonder if there's anything to be missing from Linux. Why wouldn't I use FreeBSD?
Re: Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun?
#156One of 'the most' fun and pleasure to work with stack is FreeBSD ecosystem for me. After switching from Linux both on desktop/laptop and servers I really got comfortable and fun on FreeBSD. Of course its has its ups and downs - like everything in life - but after using FreeBSD for about 16 years now I know one thing - this is the OS that sucks the LEAST from all of them. Here are some thoughts to conquer: https://ver…
Did you try DragonFlyBSD? It had some really cool features. I wonder how it's doing these days, and if it's equally viable as a daily driver.
Re: Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun?
#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess we’ll agree to disagree on the sentiment. Software maintenance never ends. And programmers just like every one else, need to eat. Assuming even a modest $50/hr rate, you’d chew through $250 just trying to get the team invite functionality working, let alone the other 15 features. You’re worth $250 a year for something that will make you a happier engineer. Why burn nights and weekends implementing api tokens…
I don't disagree with the amount, that largely depends on how useful you find the features. I disagree with the subscription part.
How can engineers maintain software indefinitely for a fixed price?
I doubt you’d accept a fixed bid project and agree to bug fixes for another ten years.
I don’t think that’s a fair trade.
Re: Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun?
#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't disagree with the amount, that largely depends on how useful you find the features. I disagree with the subscription part.
How can engineers maintain software indefinitely for a fixed price? I doubt you’d accept a fixed bid project and agree to bug fixes for another ten years. I don’t think that’s a fair trade.
That's exactly the point because it's a template. I'll likely have value from it once so I'd expect to pay for it once, especially since I'd be allowed to use it on one site.
The fact that they continue to improve it doesn't matter to me because I'd not use it again.
It's basically a theme. I'd equally not pay for a theme on a sub.
Re: fixed bids and bugs, ten years is an exaggeration. A one year warranty, on the other hand, is pretty much expected.
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#159Take Rails 7 with Turbo. Start with the Jumpstart Pro template. You’ll feel like a god. https://jumpstartrails.com/ Finally, all of the boilerplate and over-engineered components are gone. You’re finally free to solve the just business problems. And you’ll be fighting integration issues a whole lot less. I have no idea why any saas based startup, whether it’s one person or VC backed, would start with anything less. T…
Looks great. Does anyone know of similar products in other languages? I’m particularly interested in a C# equivalent.
Re: Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun?
#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
How can engineers maintain software indefinitely for a fixed price? I doubt you’d accept a fixed bid project and agree to bug fixes for another ten years. I don’t think that’s a fair trade.
That's exactly the point because it's a template. I'll likely have value from it once so I'd expect to pay for it once, especially since I'd be allowed to use it on one site. The fact that they continue to improve it doesn't matter to me because I'd not use it again. It's basically a theme. I'd equally not pay for a theme on a sub. Re: fixed bids and bugs, ten years is an exaggeration. A one year warranty, on the oth…
If my time, your time, Chris’s time is going to be occupied, compensation is normal.
Software comes with bug fixes, dependency upgrades, support, infrastructure. All of this takes someone’s time. Which should be compensated.
I can’t argue about pennies anymore. It’s a good value.