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It's easy to be a product builder as a freelancer. It's hard to be a technology builder as a freelancer. The chances are good that you won't be handling millio
by phamilton 13y ago
It's easy to be a product builder as a freelancer. It's hard to be a technology builder as a freelancer.
The chances are good that you won't be handling millions of requests a day on a freelance contract. You won't hit the limits of the standard Rails stack. You generally won't have to do much to scale the product.
That's why I stay put.
- patio11 13y agoIt actually isn't too difficult to be involved in a system handling millions of requests a day or hitting the limits of the standard Rails stack as a consultant. It probably won't happen if your client is Ma's Diner and you're building them a brochureware site. Many clients are not Ma's Diner. Many projects are not brochureware sites.