I'm sure that there are many amazing products on this list but I just want to give a shout out to Typesense (Algolia alternative) from personal experience.
The product is great and the founders are incredibly attentive to their community.
That is a sign of a person who is really good at what they do! In my career I have met few people who are really good professionally, and one common thread between all of them was that they all are really good human beings and humble. Also, all of them are very experienced. This happens because when people have experience and have seen the world, they know that there is lot to learn yet and they don't know everything.
People just like React and the idea of decoupling frontend and backend ( Pretty sure just a few percentage of users use Nextjs with api routes and just use it as Create-React-App with SSG and SSR capabilities ).
I haven't used Vercel that much in production but what does it bring compared to Heroku or cheaper and open source self hosted alternatives like Dokku or even caprover with it's really good UI and can deploy any backend as long as it's Dockerizable ?
All monumental climbs start with a single step. It's easy to get lost thinking about what could have been or what will be and forget about what can be, right now at this very moment.
It's not enjoyable to think about wasted opportunities in your past, so don't let your future self suffer the same fate.
Do at least part of one of the ideas you find boring or stupid to get back into the mindset of being someone who is able to create. Armed with that, you'll spend less time thinking about whether you can do it and more time about what you want to do.
Obviously for people who are depressed or suffer from ADHD you often can't "just do it" but in general I think it's worth trying to shift the way we think about the things we can accomplish.
Your last paragraph pretty much sums it up for the US.
The primary objective of the US government for its people should be to provide everyone with the same basic opportunities. What they do with those opportunities is up to them, like it is in any other country which already does these things.
Access to education and universal healthcare + a livable minimum wage at the very least.
Once your children are fed, happy and healthy and you don't have to work 2 jobs to make ends meet, you have more time to spend with your kids and provide them with an upbringing which will allow them to have a fair chance at becoming one of the people who make those decisions.
There's obviously a major influence on US democracy coming from the decision makers of the "economy".
So the question is, which is more important, and to whom? The majority doesn't have much of a say in the economy unless they band together, which is nearly impossible in a diverse and (intentionally) divided US.
A flawed democracy also means that the kind of drastic change that's needed to correct this imbalance can't happen.
>The primary objective of the US government for its people should be to provide everyone with the same basic opportunities. What they do with those opportunities is up to them, like it is in any other country which already does these things.
>Access to education and universal healthcare + a livable minimum wage at the very least.
I'd add that doing so is also smart economic policy and is good for capitalism.
By expanding the pool of folks who are decently paid and educated, we expand consumer spending (which is ~70% of the US economy) and the skilled labor pool.
Both of those will encourage the broader pool of healthier, better educated people to engage in entrepreneurship, growing and stabilizing the economy over the medium to long term.
And even with such spreading the wealth, the top 10% will still be plenty wealthy. It's a win-win, IMHO.
tl;dr: There are compelling economic/capitalistic reasons to increase wage floors, enhance the social safety net, improve edudcation and generally spread the wealth around, not just those around societal good.
The surprising part (maybe it is not very surprising) is that economic elites advocate for policies that are bad for economic growth in the long run. It's surprising because the policies that will result in economic growth are quite obvious. It's unsurprising because those who are in power don't want to give it up for the greater good.
They pay Amazon for that middle-man position already. And then Amazon gets to determine that it's more profitable for them to also compete with you in addition to taking the cut from your sales.
I find it interesting the FedEx hasn’t entered this market by purchase someone like Square and competing with Amazon. At this pace, left unchecked, Amazon is going to destroy their business as well.
I don't know about the US, in Europe FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) is getting competition from affiliates from Hermes (the logistics arm of Otto Group, one Amazon's biggest competition in Germany) and others. Multi marketplace capability and cost being among the main reasons.
Not the same (or even similar) per your own link actually (which i think you added in an edit after I replied? Either way it’s a decent breakdown).
I’m not saying DAI is risk-free or even objectively less risky (though it could be argued); it has a different kind of risk-profile and all-together due to how it’s constructed.
I've been using it since 1998, never felt the need to change to anything else.