I think F# is going to do well because it is driven by the community making it an open field despite being .NET. F# developers seem to have a higher than usual lower-bound.
Elmish.WPF, FParsec, so much there and still things to do...like better development tooling with VS Studio Pro.
If it were a sure thing it wouldn't be a challenge or quite as interesting.
Hydrogen burns invisibly to the human eye [1]. It must be approached with caution lest one get burned. I have heard of a case where leaks detection consists of wiping pipes with a straw broom and noting if it bursts into flame.
Perhaps such a setup could come with a system to inject a small amount of additives from a replaceable canister to give the flame color, and to give the gas an odor in case of leaks like they do with natural gas. I'm not chemist so I don't know if that's a possibility with hydrogen.
The motivation is this interesting story...
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After a major military victory, the triumphant military generals were paraded through the streets to the roars of the masses. The ceremonial procession could span the course of a day with the military leader riding in a chariot drawn by four horses. There was not a more coveted honor. The general was idolized, viewed as divine by his troops and the public alike. But riding in the same chariot, standing just behind the worshipped general, was a slave. The slave’s sole responsibility for the entirety of the procession was to whisper in the general’s ear continuously, “Respice post te. Hominem te esse memento. Memento mori!”
“Look behind. Remember thou art mortal. Remember you must die!”
The slave served to remind the victor at the peak of glory, this god-like adoration would soon end, while the truth of his mortality remained.
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