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I tried releasing an iOS sticker pack app that had an actual use case (allowing you to markup and annotate iMessage conversations). I was hoping would give some passive income. Had a good first day and then dropped off a cliff. Link: https://appsto.re/us/zMHnfb.i?app=messages
I made two TypeScript videos for Pluralsight ("ES6 with TypeScript" and "Practical TypeScript Migration"). I put them together in the evenings and weekends using the knowledge I got at my day job and from working on TypeScript open source projects like grunt-ts (and a lot of research). It was a lot of work, but it's a great passive income now that they're done, and I'm quite proud of how they turned out. The Pluralsi…
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Any blog posts or other info about this? Sounds great and a HN front page worthy business!
Thanks! We wrote some blog posts last year, but I've been meaning to do an update on the whole project. Here's our main site: www.hackerparadise.org Here's a blog post with some of our marketing experiments: http://www.hackerparadise.org/blog/2015/05/06/marketing-less... What would you like to know more about?
At $500-600 per week, one could put their stuff in storage, skip their lease renewal, and put a couple grand a month of rental expense towards this to reduce the overall cost.
My concern with that approach is that I would need to manage any intermediary periods where there was no trip. Shopping for short term housing is kind of annoying, and can be expensive without proper planning. eg, I wouldn't want to go live in a hotel from December 18th to January 7th, the time between the Bali and Argentina trips. I mean, I guess I could arrange to stay with family elsewhere, or grab an airbnb somewhere, but it'd be cool if that was handled too.
I also wouldn't mind seeing a program that stays within the continental US, with easy access to airports. I'm considering a couple of positions, and the more attractive one will require some occasional travel, which is easier to manage if it's not international.
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Yeah, that's the reason I don't use real players :) A lot of similar games simply ignore the law and pray they don't get sued (or that the publicity from a lawsuit would actually be good). But I do have support for uploading custom leagues, and people have made them with various real leagues like the NBA https://github.com/alexnoob/BasketBall-GM-Rosters/releases/t... and the Philippine Basketball Association http://w…
This seems like a good idea. Surely you can't be sued for user generated content which uses licensed team/player names. I had previously mulled over trying to make a fantasy sports site using bitcoin, but since I am based in the US, the gambling laws are too prohibitive, even just using bitcoin.
Probably not but I think they might be able to send a DMCA notice.
I made two TypeScript videos for Pluralsight ("ES6 with TypeScript" and "Practical TypeScript Migration"). I put them together in the evenings and weekends using the knowledge I got at my day job and from working on TypeScript open source projects like grunt-ts (and a lot of research). It was a lot of work, but it's a great passive income now that they're done, and I'm quite proud of how they turned out. The Pluralsi…
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I've started to create a side project with the sole purpose of generating extra revenue. Why do you see it as a sin? If you make just enough with your day job I would understand but just leave alone those who are savvy enough to grab some extra cash.
I don't see it as a sin, or anything. It just kind of never occurred to me to do it. I mean, I've never made a side project worth anything, but if I did, I wouldn't have sold it. Not because of principles, just because I didn't think of doing it.
Now, after two failed startups I scaled back my ambitions/expectations. Best way to happiness :)
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Sometimes competitors can be inspirational; they might attack the problem in a way that you don't consider, or they might push out features that suggest to you other things you could offer. Me? I just wrap Amazon's route53 DNS with some git-magic, so you can host your DNS records in a git repository and make changes via `git push`. It's a simple idea, and yet it is surprisingly popular. https://dns-api.com/
https://dns-api.com/docs/pricing/ : > 1 domain | £1pm > 2 domains | £2pm > 3 domains | £3pm > 4 domains | £4pm > 5 domains | £5pm Do you ever get emails asking how much 6 domains will cost? :D
But for people with many domains there are deals to be had so haggling is always an option ;)