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  1. Tom H.

    should I use Frontend framework or templating engine

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Then forget about React and the rest. All you need is to render pages dynamically on the server using whatever web framework you choose, Express is fine if that's what you already use. Create a traditional web app, where each new screen involves the browser loading a new page as rendered by the...
  2. Tom H.

    should I use Frontend framework or templating engine

    OFF-TOPIC 
    If you want server side rendering (for SEO?), then just use the templating engine. This would be my choice anyway, for ease and speed of development. If you need a single page app, then don't worry about server side rendering for now. I think Vue.js might strive to be the most newbie friendly...
  3. Tom H.

    Web Development, need answers from people who DO

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Learn how to buy a Linux VPS and how to login to it via SSH Pick a web development framework and do some tutorial level projects. Personally, I'd use Flask, but for a complete beginner, I'd recommend learning Django or Ruby on Rails (maybe hapi?) Learn to use Git Deployment via Git is not...
  4. Tom H.

    10+ Years IT Contracting at €300-900/day (Learnings)

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    @Andy Black I just re-wrote my resume to follow the very sensible perspective you present in your videos. My old resume contained way too much personal expression and not enough "giving them what they want". Because I find a list of buzzwords and the typical executive summary to be dumb, but if...
  5. Tom H.

    A Money System That Is Actually Working For Me

    HOT! 
    It's very cool to hear about how you're going to commit, you've put a lot of work into your finance system and built up a real skill set there. I want to share some of my feelings about bootstrapping, in case it helps you formulate your own plans. Bootstrapping doesn't necessarily mean...
  6. Tom H.

    My Experience Eating Keto/Carnivore

    NOTABLE! 
    I read this post several months ago, and started taking my diet seriously due the first time in my life. I went 111 days with no cheat days, something I could never do before, then I ate some normal for 5 days while visiting in-laws, but I was in a hurry to get back on keto and went right into...
  7. Tom H.

    Escaping conventional wisdom

    INTRO 
    Welcome @Joshua T. I was talking with a friend the other night who is a carpenter and trying to figure out how to make real money. I think it can be done, I have multiple friends who are multi-millionaires from carpentry, electric, masonry, general contracting, etc. But it's a tough business...
  8. Tom H.

    Recommendations for Biographies?

    BOOKS 
    Seconded. Came here to recommend this. Ford was a hero. For me, almost every line is something to highlight. Two things that just popped into my head from the book: - Ford wanted to make it possible for every willing worker to be productive, no matter their skill level or physical ability...
  9. Tom H.

    Is Wordpress the best platform to build a blog / site?

    EXECUTION 
    In reality it's much simpler than installing Apache, modPHP, MySQL, WordPress and configuring it all. Of course, hosting providers install WP for you. Likewise, you can hire any halfway intelligent programmer to setup Hugo and a user friendly admin like NetlifyCMS. But yes, @Xeon you're point...
  10. Tom H.

    Is Wordpress the best platform to build a blog / site?

    EXECUTION 
    For simplicity's sake, I understand everyone saying "yes". In reality, WordPress is not that simple and is kind of a mess, but since you can hire $5/hr devs to wade into the dumpster, then who cares? I like Hugo, it is a million times simpler in theory, but there is definitely less support and...
  11. Tom H.

    Are some people really so dense that they don't understand why high taxes for businesses are a bad thing?

    HOT! TAXES | REGS 
    Thank you for clarifying some of the points I was trying to make. The issue is not about a single lender and debtor, but about the rate that the market will set. The idea that market rates actually make it easier to get a loan is very analogous to the minimum wage issue. If minimum wage is...
  12. Tom H.

    Are some people really so dense that they don't understand why high taxes for businesses are a bad thing?

    HOT! TAXES | REGS 
    Sorry for not being a lot more specific in my posts. I was trying to provide examples of excess money going into malinvestment, e.g. tech stocks in late 90s, real estate in 2000s, and education for the past 30 or so years. These are cases where an economy based on unsound money facilitates...
  13. Tom H.

    Are some people really so dense that they don't understand why high taxes for businesses are a bad thing?

    HOT! TAXES | REGS 
    Correct, I was leaving our lots of technical details. I'm assuming the recipient had the ability to pay. Yes. The highest profits means the money is being put to the greatest use, it is helping the largest number of people. They might not. Maybe only engineering students are able to take...
  14. Tom H.

    Are some people really so dense that they don't understand why high taxes for businesses are a bad thing?

    HOT! TAXES | REGS 
    @JScott so tell me about mortgages, student loans and the dotcom bubble... Should we not prefer giving loans to home buyers and students and business that actually have a chance at being successful? Or should we just provide cheap money for all? I'm not talking about high interest rates as a...
  15. Tom H.

    Are some people really so dense that they don't understand why high taxes for businesses are a bad thing?

    HOT! TAXES | REGS 
    Austrian economics, i.e actual economics, is not an artificial construct that only applies if we follow certain rules. These are true logical statements about the economy that apply no matter what kind of policies we are operating in: socialism, Keynesianism, Chicago school... no matter what the...
  16. Tom H.

    What´s a smart investment strategy having a job?

    INVESTING 
    And over decades you have a pretty good chance of paying it of with cheaper and cheaper dollars. Like if you bought a house in the early 70s, the dollar then got much cheaper over ten years, you have a house in 70s dollars that you're paying for with 80s dollars.
  17. Tom H.

    Are some people really so dense that they don't understand why high taxes for businesses are a bad thing?

    HOT! TAXES | REGS 
    Inflation is not good for business. The price of money should be set by the free market, not central planners. When central planners cause inflation by lowering interest rates (loans increase the money supply and cause inflation), they are perverting the price signals entrepreneurs need to make...
  18. Tom H.

    Death by a 1000 cuts

    I always wonder what is wrong with Sam Ovens when I see one of his videos. Is he a robot?
  19. Tom H.

    Are some people really so dense that they don't understand why high taxes for businesses are a bad thing?

    HOT! TAXES | REGS 
    Yes. And to answer @404profound - there is an obvious answer to limit the power of global mega corps, it's just not one that is easy for most people to understand or accept: get rid of government. They problem is not big business, it is collusion between government and big business. As long as...
  20. Tom H.

    How I’m using TikTok to grow my next MILLION DOLLAR business starting with $0

    MARKETING 
    What's your plan so far?

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