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So many people want to learn languages as well so it’s a huge market to sell to. Very smart.
Plenty more stories like this coming out every Wednesday in the newsletter btw https://www.highsignal.io/newsletter/
I would just go with what you know already and find the easiest way forward. Lots of SaaS companies like Shopify and ConvertKit work on Rails so why not just re-fresh your knowledge there instead of learning the latest JS library? Ask ChatGPT to fill in gaps of your knowledge. I've also heard good things about Rails Casts and I've just gone to their site and the Pro content is now all free!
Basically, the best programming language is the one you know best.
The Courage to be Disliked is a game-changing book for me so I'd read that if you liked the article.
Interesting business model too - either it makes nothing or big amounts of money when you get a referral