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Josh W. Comeau vs Julia Evans

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Josh W. Comeau

Montreal developer-educator behind CSS for JavaScript Developers and The Joy of React

@JoshWComeau Canada

Julia Evans

Montreal developer behind Wizard Zines and the jvns.ca blog on computing fundamentals

@b0rk Canada

Josh W. Comeau vs Julia Evans at a glance

Both Josh W. Comeau and Julia Evans are bootstrapped solo founders. They overlap in Educators & Course Creators and Creators & Writers. Both are based in Montreal, Canada. Josh W. Comeau has 3 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Julia Evans' 5. Julia self-reports $101,558 in 2018 (zine business); Josh hasn't shared a revenue figure publicly. On X, Josh has about 122K followers and Julia about 192K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Josh W. Comeau: Montreal, Canada; Julia Evans: Montreal, Canada
Started: Josh W. Comeau: —; Julia Evans: 2018 (8 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Josh W. Comeau: Not public; Julia Evans: $101,558 in 2018 (zine business)self-reported, as of 2018 · source for Julia Evans's revenue
Products listed: Josh W. Comeau: 3; Julia Evans: 5
Product status: Josh W. Comeau: 3 active; Julia Evans: 5 active
X followers: Josh W. Comeau: 122K; Julia Evans: 192K
Categories: Josh W. Comeau: Educators & Course Creators Creators & Writers; Julia Evans: Educators & Course Creators Creators & Writers Developer Tools
Style: Josh W. Comeau: solobootstrapped; Julia Evans: solobootstrapped
Courses & resources: Josh W. Comeau: 4; Julia Evans: 10

Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.

Tech stack

No tools in common in their publicly listed stacks. See the indie maker tech stack.

Josh W. Comeau

ReactNext.jsCSSMDX

Julia Evans

No stack shared publicly.

How they build

Josh W. Comeau

Build a mental model, not a list of memorized rules.
Interactive demos teach faster than static text.
Invest in craft; quality is the marketing.

Julia Evans

Focus on fundamentals that will still be true in ten years.
It is normal not to know something basic yet; avoid gatekeeping.
Explain only the most important ideas, in short pages and plain language.
Deeply understanding the systems underneath you makes hard problems solvable.
Teaching computer things directly to developers can be a real business without ads or sponsors.

Learn from Josh and Julia

Josh W. Comeau

[course] CSS for JavaScript Developers · Paid
[course] The Joy of React · Paid
[course] Whimsical Animations · Paid
[newsletter] Josh W. Comeau's blog and newsletter · Free

Julia Evans

[book] The Secret Rules of the Terminal
[book] How Git Works
[book] How DNS Works
[book] Bite Size zine pack · $38
[book] HTTP: Learn your browser's language!
[book] Your Linux Toolbox · $29.95
+4 more on Julia's profile

Josh W. Comeau vs Julia Evans FAQ

Who makes more money, Josh W. Comeau or Julia Evans?

Julia Evans self-reports $101,558 in 2018 (zine business). Josh W. Comeau's revenue is not public, so a direct comparison isn't possible.

Who has built more products, Josh W. Comeau or Julia Evans?

Josh W. Comeau has 3 products listed (CSS for JavaScript Developers, The Joy of React and Whimsical Animations); Julia Evans has 5 products listed (including Wizard Zines, Mess With DNS and Memory Spy).