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Re: Ask HN: Side Project Ideas?

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Post by deepaksurti »

One simple way could be to pick up project based in a technology stack you know. I will follow up with an example, see this book [1], about good python projects.

What you can do is, read the description of each project and do it yourself. Don't look at the solution in the book, then when you are done, compare. If some project excites you further, you can probably extend it so if the book offers a CLI solution, may be write a GUI for it and so on.

The trick with side projects is to build momentum and I hope this technique could be helpful. Have fun doing your side project.

[1] https://nostarch.com/impracticalpythonprojects

Re: Ask HN: Side Project Ideas?

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Post by pknerd »

muzani wrote: post #7
dhruvkar wrote: post #6

A comparison site for hospital prices. These have to legally be made available by each hospital for all services they provide (since January 1, 2019). At the moment they're hard to find, often buried on the hospital's website and not easy comparable to other hospitals in the area. A kayak-like site for health procedures would be very useful.

Comparison site for anything is sorely missing. I needed a comparison site for babysitters, or one for medical insurance. We've got a unicorn which only does comparison for financial services. So I'm thinking another idea is making a comparison or listing site generator. These sites are very light in terms of tech, heavy in research and operations work, so they're too hard for both the techies and the experts in a fi…

but how one can earn from X comparison sites? Not everyone offers affiliates. Or, am I missing something about the business model?

Re: Ask HN: Side Project Ideas?

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Post by dhruvkar »

pknerd wrote: post #12
muzani wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Comparison site for anything is sorely missing. I needed a comparison site for babysitters, or one for medical insurance. We've got a unicorn which only does comparison for financial services. So I'm thinking another idea is making a comparison or listing site generator. These sites are very light in terms of tech, heavy in research and operations work, so they're too hard for both the techies and the experts in a fi…

but how one can earn from X comparison sites? Not everyone offers affiliates. Or, am I missing something about the business model?

Question was about side projects with no stated incentive.

Business model is not clear at this stage.

Re: Ask HN: Side Project Ideas?

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Post by throwawaydotcom »

muzani wrote: post #7
dhruvkar wrote: post #6

A comparison site for hospital prices. These have to legally be made available by each hospital for all services they provide (since January 1, 2019). At the moment they're hard to find, often buried on the hospital's website and not easy comparable to other hospitals in the area. A kayak-like site for health procedures would be very useful.

Comparison site for anything is sorely missing. I needed a comparison site for babysitters, or one for medical insurance. We've got a unicorn which only does comparison for financial services. So I'm thinking another idea is making a comparison or listing site generator. These sites are very light in terms of tech, heavy in research and operations work, so they're too hard for both the techies and the experts in a fi…

I have created a comparison site for budget android smartphones. URL - https://shop4moto.com
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