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There isn't much info on how you're doing it but since you're just starting out my advice to you is to keep it simple stupid. To elaborate don't get sucked up too much into new technologies and shiny objects.. If you can make it work with PHP and Vue (or even jQuery) just make it happen.

I had this fatigue when I started learning too much about technology and devops like hosting a site using Docker and stuff and I soon realized that instead of working I was just playing with technologies all day and getting fatigued over nothing. My lesson, there is stuff for big companies and then there is stuff for the solepreneurs.

Also one more piece of advice is there are technologies offered these days as SaaS. You don't have to do everything. A lot of the times you can just buy a service for $30 / mo and get going. Don't wander around too much trying to reinvent the wheel. Need authentication, use auth0, need a file uploader use uploader.win, need to deliver mail use mailgun. This can save you a lot of time and headache.



Conversely, go down every rabbit hole and write off your time as a learning experience. If OP is committed to starting a business, focus on the business. But there's value in being in an "open mode" if you can get it thru to your brain that it's ok to not get anywhere quickly. The really valuable innovations are going to be in the overlooked areas.




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