Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by fheisler » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:11 AM UTC

jsnk wrote: post #7

fheisler wrote: post #4

Kickstarted a Python course (now 2, soon to be 3 courses) - RealPython.com

Isn't the website payment system vulnerable to MITM without without using https?

Simple Goods (our provider) does use https via an iframe, so it's secure although not best practice - that said, we'll be moving to Stripe soon!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:11 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by fheisler » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:11 AM UTC

Nicholas_C wrote: post #6

fheisler wrote: post #4

Kickstarted a Python course (now 2, soon to be 3 courses) - RealPython.com

My work VPN blocks this as porn. Ha!

Oof, good to know... Any other false positives you've had so I can maybe figure out why?

Edit: Never mind, I think your censorware might just have a more inventive sexual imagination than I do when it comes to domain names...

Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by xur17 » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:12 AM UTC

http://pizzacodes.com

My goal was to break $1k / mo by the end of this year. Last month I not only broke that goal, but more than doubled my next highest month.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by wyck » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:15 AM UTC

A good old fashioned web site which ranks high for a resort town which has a lot of tourists who don't know where to eat so they search in the Google. My next venture is a run on sentence shortening service.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by jsnk » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:15 AM UTC

I wrote a short book on Ruby (http://dmtri.com/posts/65/just_enough_ruby_to_get_by) for beginners. I wanted to publish it via LearnPub originally and earn some money, but I decided to release it for free instead.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by mintplant » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:18 AM UTC

jsnk wrote: post #16

I wrote a short book on Ruby ( http://dmtri.com/posts/65/just_enough_ruby_to_get_by ) for beginners. I wanted to publish it via LearnPub originally and earn some money, but I decided to release it for free instead.

And how is it generating revenue?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by halcyondaze » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:20 AM UTC

xur17 wrote: post #14

http://pizzacodes.com My goal was to break $1k / mo by the end of this year. Last month I not only broke that goal, but more than doubled my next highest month.

Love this dude - great idea!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by 23andwalnut » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:21 AM UTC

I make quite a bit more than $1k a month from Duet - http://duetapp.com

It's a project management app for freelancers and small businesses. Hopefully one day soon it will be more than a side project.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $1,000+/month on side projects - what did you make?

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Post by drc37 » Wed, Dec 11, 2013, 12:21 AM UTC

I started a bag company, https://www.missionarybag.com/, for a niche market (young adults who leave home for 18 months to 2 years). A contract sewer here in the US makes the bags and my stay-at home wife does the shipping/handling. This is our first month to hit $1,000 profit in a month in under 6 months. After spending 12 years in software development, I wanted to create something tangible. And all the ecommerce/SEO/marketing I have helped others with over the years has come in handy - learning a lot in the process. We are looking to fill some larger orders with an overseas manufacturer.