Why I built the same app in 5 languages: C#, Java, Go, TypeScript, Python

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I started Mahaam as a side project for learning purposes and applying different techs on.

I experimented Firebase, Firestore, Mongodb, and finally Postgres. For frontend, only experimented Flutter. For backend started by Java then C# then Go. Then, decided to open source the backend, and take it one step further by adding Typescript and Python implementations.

Mahaam.dev

I used to be a one language developer for a long time. After some struggles, I learned the hard way that there are things much more important than the language, and these are some:

• Understanding business and user needs.
• Good data model and UX design.
• Maintainable codebase.
• Avoiding overengineering and spagitti coding.

These are topics that I tried to address using Mahaam app regardless the language being used. And for that reason I created mahaam.dev.

I’m not saying language doesn’t matter at all, each language shines in its use case and I still prefer some more than others, however, it does not matter a lot for me to work on any language as long as the readability and maintainability are priorities.

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Mahaam source code is available on GitHub, and the app is available on the App Store and Google Play.

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Mahaam App

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