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Feb 1 5 tweets 5 min read
If you were building a new web app/SaaS in 2023, what would your tech stack be?

(Rails, @laravelphp? Fancy new JS framework? What database setup would you use? Where would you host it?)
Personally, I'm still on team "full stack web dev" (Laravel, Rails).

Most indie SaaS these days are still being built on mature web frameworks:

@SnapShooterio (Laravel)
@bannerbearHQ (Rails)
@TransistorFM (Rails)
@usefathom (Laravel)
@hostifi_net (Laravel)
@ZipMessage (Rails)
If I was in charge of PR for Rails/Laravel, I'd focus on getting more young people to learn these frameworks.

- Make it easier to get started
- Make it more fun (sample projects)
- Get it into more bootcamps

@taylorotwell and I chatted about this here:

"What would you use to build a new web app in 2023?"

@nextjs: 15
@laravelphp: 15
@rails: 14
@djangoproject: 4
@elixirlang: 3

Next.JS, Laravel, and Rails each constitute about 25% of responses to this thread.

#webdev Next.js, Laravel, and Rails were the top picks, each constit
According to Google Trends, @nextjs is picking up steam, but @laravelphp is the king.

trends.google.com/trends/explore…

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Over time, I began evaluating biz opportunities on their likelihood of “giving me a good life.”
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Is this really the best strategy?

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During a recession, aren't customers trying to reduce expenses?

Why give folks a reason to leave?

Isn't it better to keep your prices the same and attract more customers looking to save money?
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Holy crap.

Now on Twitter, you are no longer allowed to share links to other social media platforms.

You are no longer allowed to share your username for other social networks (Mastodon, Instagram, FB, etc).

You are no longer allows to use linktree.

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Why stop here Elon? Why not just ban all hyperlinks all together?

Can I still link to my blog? For how much longer?
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Also:

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They’re both necessary.

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BTW - the article in question seems completely reasonable to me.

You can read it here:

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This feels like an appropriate amount of scrutiny for disruptive tech like ChatGPT.
In science, opposing viewpoints and critiques are encouraged. Questioning other people's work publicly is seen as an important part of the process.

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