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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#262I've launched a couple months ago https://linkz.ai Linkz.ai is hyperlink auto-previews that keep visitors on your website. It's heavily inspired by Wikipedia & Google Docs link preview popups with special extras. For example, when you click on a YouTube hyperlink, it does not take you to Youtube website, instead it opens lightbox with Youtube video on your website. All with just one line of code. $500+/m in a first m…
how do you get your users?
A few channels right now:
- Participating in the web dev communities
- "Powered by Linkz.ai" footer in the Link preview popups
- Campaigns on Product Hunt, Reddit & similar
- Soon: Affiliate, LTD, targeted ads for Webflow/Squarespace ecosystems
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#263I'm running a website for people learning Japanese and currently making ~$590/month from Patreon donations: https://jpdb.io/ This is an entirely spare-time project on which I've been working publicly for the past year. Here's some info about the tech stack I'm using: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26693959
Thumbs up for revising the keywords of remembering the kanji.
I don’t follow his book but I do refer to it when studying and sometimes his keywords really can be far out. If I remember correctly he never clarifies if the kanji for “can” is “can do” or “can of soup”.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#264I'm running a website for people learning Japanese and currently making ~$590/month from Patreon donations: https://jpdb.io/ This is an entirely spare-time project on which I've been working publicly for the past year. Here's some info about the tech stack I'm using: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26693959
This is quite cool. One suggestion would be to have the pronunciation listed in addition to the kanji and audio (at least when I searched I didn't see it, so the only way to learn to pronounce is to use audio). Do you know of something similar for Chinese by any chance?
> One suggestion would be to have the pronunciation listed in addition to the kanji and audio (at least when I searched I didn't see it, so the only way to learn to pronounce is to use audio).
Sorry, I'm a little confused? The pronunciation is listed for every word; that's the hiragana next/on top of the words. (:
> Do you know of something similar for Chinese by any chance?
Alas, I do not. Maybe I'll make something like that in, like, 20 years if I'll ever be able to make a living off of this. (:
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#265I'm running a website for people learning Japanese and currently making ~$590/month from Patreon donations: https://jpdb.io/ This is an entirely spare-time project on which I've been working publicly for the past year. Here's some info about the tech stack I'm using: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26693959
Wow, that looks great! My main complaint is that I haven't known about this until now. I frequently search for Japanese resources and specifically did searches to find pre-made decks of Japanese content from Japanese language media, but never encountered your site. Thank you for the effort to revamp the Heisig kanji keywords - makes me wish I didn't already learn it the RTK way. The way to teach new kanji by introduc…
Thanks!
Yeah, it's still pretty much a very niche resource that many people do not know about. (:
Indeed, Heisig's keywords can be janky. Mine are not perfect, but in general they should be better than Heisig's. Well, at least for most of the really common kanji; I still need to change/improve the keywords for some of the more rare kanji and tweak a few more common ones. (As you can imagine doing that manually for a few thousand characters is a lot of work, so it has been slow going.)
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#266I wrote a book about adult ADHD last year & make ~$500/mo from it between Amazon, Audible, & Gumroad: https://adhdpro.xyz/ Recorded the audiobook myself too.
The site looks very polished! What did you use to build it? Also, what did you use to write your book? And how long did it take to write?
Thanks! I built it with Gatsby + TailwindCSS. Sent a lot of time tinkering & editing copy over and over.
I wrote it with Microsoft Word. I initially tried a few different apps but all of the organizational tools they provided got in the way. I broke most conventions and just wrote the book straight from start to finish, and re-read it countless times until I felt satisfied. Then I sent it to a ton of friends who helped me edit. A professional editor would've been a better idea, but I didn't really have the money for that at the time.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#26715 minute mobility routines - https://movewellapp.com Basically - everyone has a foam roller. No one knows how to use it. Pick a routine based on what your goals are (working out, recovery, general low back pain) and we show you the movements to guide you through a routine in 15 minutes or less.
I like this, but I am reluctant to start paying for it without a trial. There are a few non-pro workouts, but could you consider a day pass or three day trial?
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#268My wife always compained that there was no suitable time tracking app for breastfeeding our little baby. Within three weeks I developed a simple app with proposals from her which fits her needs.
After a few weeks using it we were suddenly overwhelmed with inquiries from our friends searching for such an app as well.. Within another week, I made it ready for the AppStore and the PlayStore and now it does around 400 € a month :-)
https://www.stillapp.de - although the page is in german the app is translated into english as well.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#269I make this e-paper calendar: https://shop.invisible-computers.com/products/invisible-cale... It syncs with Google Calendar. To be fair, I currently does > 500$/month in revenue not earnings . If it doesn't count let me know and I will delete my comment. EDIT: I am currently out of stock sadly. If you want to be notified when I am back in stock, you can leave your email here: https://forms.gle/tNcCcYrNBu5nWKgJ9
Wow, this is great! I was actually just thinking about hacking something like this together on my own, but $200 seems really reasonable for a pre-built product, and it looks much nicer than it would if I built it! :) Any plans to support non-Google calendar accounts?
I would like to support other formats, caldev, outlook etc. I am limited by time and money, not imagination :D
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#270I make this e-paper calendar: https://shop.invisible-computers.com/products/invisible-cale... It syncs with Google Calendar. To be fair, I currently does > 500$/month in revenue not earnings . If it doesn't count let me know and I will delete my comment. EDIT: I am currently out of stock sadly. If you want to be notified when I am back in stock, you can leave your email here: https://forms.gle/tNcCcYrNBu5nWKgJ9
I like how minimalistic it looks. Families might want a larger sized one to hang somewhere prominent in their home hah.
Yea, I keep eying bigger displays but they are $$$$$