I played around for a while with Blazor (C# Web assembly) and wasn't a massive fan.
The debugging experience was awful.
Lots of runtime gotchas, it's limited to one thread, so anything that creates a thread will fail at runtime (but not 'normal' async stuff). What code creates a thread? No idea until it fails at runtime.
Yes, you can share a dto project between front end and backend, but anything else will eventually trip you up.
It's still a cool idea though, will try it again at some point.
That's a natural spit of land (there is another technical term if it has land at both ends I think?). It was there, and flat, so they built the road on it. It wasn't built for the road. (....probably)
Flagging this fund manager for actually green funds: https://www.edentreeim.com/ most "green energy" funds just had oil in them, these guys actually do it properly. (I just learnt they are related to the Church of England though, so for any "moral" investing, assume that to be the morals of the CoE)
Jupiter: https://www.jupiteram.com/uk/en/individual/ is a large UK asset manager that should have a decent range of funds if your broker has them. I have their strategic bond fund as well as some of their Asian funds.
Otherwise, look at picking up an array of non US index funds.
As always, it depends on where you are, what your risk appetite is and who your broker is. I advise moving a way from a US based broker if you are using one, they will have a heavy US focus.
Look for funds/indexes managed outside of the US. Look at what is in funds, most brokers/apps should give you at least the top 10 holdings, see if they line up with your expectations.
IMO, look at value stocks/funds currently rather than growth. Aim for dividends and stability until we know where global politics is heading.
Personally, I am slowly selling my world index holdings (mostly US tech by value) and most US shares. I'm putting it into renewable energy (check the fund isn't just buying oil majors) and a strategic bond fund (I want to buy a house next year, so want stability)
There is also https://wandrer.earth/ (not federated) that is really cool. It gives you points for each unique mile you have been, encourages you to explore new places.
What the consumables are. As a noob, you don't look at a metal bike cassette and think "that's going to wear out". Or at a metal 3d printer nozzle. Or at paint brushes (I keep ruining expensive ones! 😭).
I played around for a while with Blazor (C# Web assembly) and wasn't a massive fan.
The debugging experience was awful.
Lots of runtime gotchas, it's limited to one thread, so anything that creates a thread will fail at runtime (but not 'normal' async stuff). What code creates a thread? No idea until it fails at runtime.
Yes, you can share a dto project between front end and backend, but anything else will eventually trip you up.
It's still a cool idea though, will try it again at some point.