Sounds pretty similar to the situation I found myself in. I discovered a few newsletters/tools: trending insights (free), exploding topics ($39/mo), and trends.co ($300/ yr). Source: 11 months ago

I also recommend subscribing to newsletters like new venture weekly (free) or Exploding Topics (freemium) for business ideas. Source: 11 months ago

Best to start with what you're good at doing, check websites like exploding topics and answer the public to see if there is hype/market around your skillset. Get started by helping people in that niche for free, use AI tools to supercharge your work and find clients. Rinse and repeat until you start making money. Source: about 1 year ago

There are places that can even help you find the perfect niche to go into like exploding niches, exploding topics to name a few. Source: about 1 year ago

The good news for you is starting newsletters is easier than ever. If you are not interested in starting something in your field newsletters like exploding niches or websites like exploding topics are great resources to get ideas. Source: about 1 year ago

Apache Karaf with OSGi works pretty nice using annotation based dependency injection with the declarative services, removing the need to mess with those hopefully archaic XML blueprints. Too bad it's not as trendy as spring and the developers so many of the tutorials can be a bit dated and hard to find. Karaf also supports many other frameworks and programming models as well and there's even Red Hat supported... Source: about 3 years ago