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

Re: Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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Post by simias » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 2:40 PM UTC

mchannon wrote: post #15

mahdix wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bitcoin? I thought there are lots of free stuff for that.

GPU's aren't used for mining Bitcoin. Bitcoin's algorithm is CPU-intensive, and is nearly exclusively done on from-the-Silicon-up purpose-built chips like Avalon and Antminer. GPU's are used for mining other cryptocurrencies like Litecoin and Ethereum. These can be traded for Bitcoin or fiat currencies.

Bitcoin was GPU mined for a while (it's "just" SHA-256, it's not particularly designed to be GPU-hard unlike other PoW algorithms) but you're right that since ASIC mining became the norm it's not really cost-effective to mine BTC on the GPU.

Some other cryptocurrencies have algorithms that are designed to be hard for GPUs and ASICs (cryptonote for instance) but I think it's just postponing the inevitable. If those altcoins become valuable enough I'm sure people will start making micro-optimized dedicated hardware to mine them and eventually it won't make sense to use GPUs for them either.

Re: Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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Post by thisisit » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 3:13 PM UTC

client4 wrote: post #12

I facilitate high value in person Bit/Alt coin transactions.

Fascinating. How did you go about building this as a business?

Re: Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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Post by benjohnson » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 4:08 PM UTC

Selling Rsync/ZFS-Storage as a service at $.05 per GB - figured how to combine Cygwin Rsync and Volume Shadow Service on windows to backup locked files.

Re: Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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Post by spot » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 5:53 PM UTC

corobo wrote: post #18

spot wrote: post #6

https://gold.electricsheep.org/

That elevator pitch people are always waffling on about, this is a good place for it :P

The Electric Sheep is an infinite animation created with the collective intelligence of the internet, crowdsource, AI, and distributed computing.

It has been a free service for many years but now there is a premium HD version.

Re: Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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Post by client4 » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 6:06 PM UTC

thisisit wrote: post #22

client4 wrote: post #12

I facilitate high value in person Bit/Alt coin transactions.

Fascinating. How did you go about building this as a business?

I wouldn't call it a business per-se. It seems about once every month or two I can organize a connection, but I have thought about making it a bit more commercial.

Re: Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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Post by k__ » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 6:24 PM UTC

donutdan4114 wrote: post #19

I built an app plugin for Shopify called Custom Fields https://customfields.bonify.io I must say, if you want to build something that instantly has a market consider building plugins for existing 3rd party systems that allow you to charge a fee. It ends up being a much smaller project than trying to build your own, huge web app, and it comes with a targeted, focused audience who can easily install your app with a cou…

Yes, sounds reasonable.

I know a few companies and people who make good money with shopify-, wordpress- or atlassian-plugins.

There should be a directory for such systems with market places.

Re: Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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Post by thisisit » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 4:39 AM UTC

client4 wrote: post #25

thisisit wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fascinating. How did you go about building this as a business?

I wouldn't call it a business per-se. It seems about once every month or two I can organize a connection, but I have thought about making it a bit more commercial.

Ok but how did you make your start in this space?

Re: Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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Post by coreymaass » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 1:00 PM UTC

shutton wrote: post #8

Gaggle Mail ( https://gaggle.email/ ) Group Email SaaS

Thrilled this exists and monetization was figured out. Years ago, I used a similar service that shut down unexpectedly because the creator couldn't figure out how to monetize it. I've thought about rebuilding it myself twice. I even own the domains! :-)

Re: Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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Post by coreymaass » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 1:03 PM UTC

k__ wrote: post #26

donutdan4114 wrote: post #19

I built an app plugin for Shopify called Custom Fields https://customfields.bonify.io I must say, if you want to build something that instantly has a market consider building plugins for existing 3rd party systems that allow you to charge a fee. It ends up being a much smaller project than trying to build your own, huge web app, and it comes with a targeted, focused audience who can easily install your app with a cou…

Yes, sounds reasonable. I know a few companies and people who make good money with shopify-, wordpress- or atlassian-plugins. There should be a directory for such systems with market places.

I started looking for opportunities in WordPress a couple years ago. Anytime I found a new app, I got in the habit of checking if it existed as a WordPress plugin. I've since built a nice side business that I hope to grow into a day job.