I've realised that I don't have a good sense of how much a website costs. Presumably it has gone down significantly over time?
If you need bespoke customisations there's labour costs, but a basic VPS can do a lot. CPUs and data transfer are both cheap.
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Sometimes programming tools are so good that you miss them when using other languages. I see these mentioned the most frequently:
* IntelliJ (for Java)
* Slime+Emacs (for Common Lisp)
* Pharo (for Smalltalk)
I'm struck that they all have bespoke UIs.
I'm a fan of simple issue trackers. A description, comments, and maybe a small integration with something.
Given this, perhaps it makes sense to build your own? You get a bespoke solution, and focusing on your main project prevents feature creep.
"Apple could [..] deeply integrate the operating system and the design of the chip itself to [..] bring new features and capabilities to market."
https://stratechery.com/2020/apple-arm-and-intel/
Are there real benefits of a bespoke CPU+OS combo? I'm struggling to imagine concrete things it enables.