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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

#191
I am running a web scraping API ScrapeNinja https://scrapeninja.net. 10K+ subscribers.

It is a (rather messy) node.js codebase. Two rendering engines, including a hacked puppeteer package with stealth mode for better success rate. A big set of proxy providers under the hood. Bootstrapped.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

#192
Pretty basic 3d printing. Right now I'm focusing on the usual kinds of products (either commercial-compatible CC licenses or models of those I've purchased licenses to), but I'm working towards learning Autodesk Fusion and creating my own products. (Probably focus more on functional items, since I'm definitely not artistic). Netting around $500-1000 a month (eBay, Etsy, Mercari, some FB marketplace)

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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I made an AI chatbot for OnlyFans models. Their fans can speak to "them" via a third party messaging app. It's currently pulling ~15k USD MRR. I built my own GPU infra for inference and I run Llama 3 with a fewshot prompting to get the model to respond like a given OF model, typically using their actual DMs with fans. I don't have a website for obvious reasons, but if you're in the biz you've no doubt heard about my…

Shame on you.

You can moralize and pearl clutch as much as you'd like

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

#194
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I made an AI chatbot for OnlyFans models. Their fans can speak to "them" via a third party messaging app. It's currently pulling ~15k USD MRR. I built my own GPU infra for inference and I run Llama 3 with a fewshot prompting to get the model to respond like a given OF model, typically using their actual DMs with fans. I don't have a website for obvious reasons, but if you're in the biz you've no doubt heard about my…

How much are you saving running your own GPU infra? What are the total monthly costs for the service?

Running costs are about 30% of what an equivalent AWS GPU setup would be

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

#195
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I made SmoothTrack, a no-equipment head tracking app for iOS and Android which lets you control the game camera in sim games (like MSFS 2024 for example) with your head - basically like TrackIR, just without any equipment and for $15 instead of $150. I originally made the app just for myself to save myself the money of buying a TrackIR system, but then /r/flightsim begged me to release it as a full app. Last month, I…

I remember building my own track ir with ir leds and a floppy in front of an old webcam. This was more than a decade ago, but I would have assumed there is no more demand for this since VR headsets are a thing(I completely left gaming and everything about it since then). Anyway, great work!

> and a floppy in front of an old webcam

I think you meant to write 'an artisanal and bespoke infra-red bandpass filter in front of an old webcam'.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

#197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love everything about what you're doing here. There's a lot of opportunity in a lot of different niches and it's all just being slept on. Did you already have a relationship with this company somehow or did you have to go and sell them?

I was introduced to them via a friend. I know the market well enough to recognize that there was potential to find clients and take a "scrape" off the new business. I know the qualms customers have with their existing service providers so whenever there are any concerns I curate very specific messages during the sales process to reel them in. Once they are signed up, getting it right 100% of the time is impossible, s…

> Once they are signed up, getting it right 100% of the time is impossible, so I also step in on the "support" side and help solve issues, provide proposed solutions to challenges, etc.

Maybe I'm reaching here, but as a guess, are you able to offer your partner's services out the cut you take to smooth over issues? I'm just thinking that you have fantastic incentives to do stuff like that (prioritize long-term money) that a support person working as an employee of the company directly would not have real incentives to offer...

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

#198
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mind sharing your website? Genuinely curious.

I can message it privately, don't really want to post publicly. 99% of orders are local pick up, shipping is just a hassle as most pieces don't fit in regular box (plus Canada Post is on strike right now). EDIT - messaged you on your IG.

I'd love to see it too if possible - based in Aus here, contact on bio

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

#199

Pretty basic 3d printing. Right now I'm focusing on the usual kinds of products (either commercial-compatible CC licenses or models of those I've purchased licenses to), but I'm working towards learning Autodesk Fusion and creating my own products. (Probably focus more on functional items, since I'm definitely not artistic). Netting around $500-1000 a month (eBay, Etsy, Mercari, some FB marketplace)

I believe Amazon has price rules such that you cannot price gouge on Amazon. Do the vendors you list have any rules like that? Or do you just not care?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

#200
Still not hitting $500 consistently but...

Wavekit https://wavekit.app/

It's an audio hosting service with high quality audio and a customizable unbranded player.

Embeds are done with iframes but we're starting to offer web components which offer some cool opportunities like interaction between components.

Most of our customers are selling some kind of audio product or service. Think plugin developers, sound designers, media composers, etc.

Currently working on a B2B integration with an API so that it would be trivial to add audio to any web app. Think chats, marketplaces, etc.

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