Almost all of Patrick's points are great if your software development goal is to make a buck . They don't seem to matter if you're writing open source, and I'd argue that desktop apps are still relevant and wonderful in the open source world. I just started a new hobby project, and am doing it as a cross-platform, non-Electron, desktop app because that's what I like to develop. The onboarding funnel: Only a concern i…
This blog post benefits a lot from understanding where the author was at that point in their career: They had gained notoriety for their writing about their Bingo Card Creator software, but were moving on. After this they went on to build Appointment Reminder, a webapp that grew to a nice MRR before being sold off. Both were nice little indie developer success stories. I grew up reading his writings and learned prett…
This, I like his writing, and am subscribed to his Bits About Money newsletter which gives a lot of info about how payment processing works, but your comment is spot on about the writings being influenced by his current work and the current place he is within his life. Hopefully everyone thinks about those sorts of things when reading articles like this, regardless of author because it's a common issue.