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Wow, I asked this questions 9 years ago to find inspiration to build my own successful one-person business. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7367243 I am happy to report that I…

I asked this question back in 2014 ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7367243 ) hoping to start something myself. It's now 2021 and I still have nothing to show but failed atte…

Sucks but what can fix it?

I started a new job and the sysops guys works remotely. I had been communicating with him for over a month via email and chat before a colleague told me that sysops guy was blind. …

Yep GA has become mostly useless for me too. I tried checking the box for Google to automatically remove known referral spam on all of my sites but it doesn't seem to change a thin…

This is very cool. Do you think you could convert a cleaned up PDF or jpg from a service like unwhiteboard.com in to a virtual whiteboard? Disclaimer: I made unwhiteboard.com

I don't really care about the new logo. But I do wish that the "new airbnb" allowed me to sort the listings by price. This is standard practice on any other site I can think of. Su…

I use a different name every time to keep things interesting. I am quite a large guy so saying my name is Susan always shocks the barista and makes others chuckle when my name gets…

eligible != legible. Oh the shame! Thanks for the feedback. Saving to evernote and even trying to do some OCR myself are things I am considering.

I was inspired by this post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7520216 a while back and decided to turn it in to a service where you email whiteboard photos to an unwhiteboard ad…

Doh. There was an error with the sidekiq worker that processes the files. Sorry about that. I have fixed it and you should have now received the pdf. Usually it takes minutes.

Thanks for the feedback. Yep I understand the privacy concern, and that people would feel more comfortable with an app. This was something I whipped up after seeing this post on HN…

I have recently switched to crunch. So far so good. Setup is pretty painless if you wait until a new financial year. Only downside I see so far is that the accountant is more like …

Thanks patio11 and everyone else who has shared their story. I have been consulting for a few years and I plan on moving to a product based income. Built products in the past that …

How many people on hacker news are running successful online businesses on their own? What is your business and how did you get started? Defining successful as a profitable busines…

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have been to Crete before and loved it. I also plan on getting fit and healthy while I am there so perhaps the fresh fruit and veg from the market…

I am a contractor based in London who is taking some time off to work on a few of my own ideas. I am planning on doing this from a few different locations around Europe and wanted …