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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

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I built https://explorehere.app to help you learn about the history of the world around you by sending a push notification whenever you pass a new historical marker on your travels! It’s a freemium app with a pro subscription for advanced features; our revenue is just under $1k/month. We’re working towards ExploreHere being a passive adventure guide. As you go about your travels ExploreHere will nudge you about inter…

I find it disturbing how many people allow apps to access their location 24/7.

>I find it disturbing how many people allow apps to access their location 24/7.

Why? It doesn't effect you at all.

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

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I play Texas Holdem. It's not enough $$$ to be a full time role, especially considering the costs of purchasing health insurance w/o a traditional W2 employer, but it's perfectly possible to buy in for the the table max (500) and leave with between between three hundred and a thousand dollars in profit in ~8 hours of play. (Real life, not online. "Caro's Book of Poker Tells"[1] will aid you more than fancy math, thou…

How is it not enough $$$ for a full-time role if you make 1300/2 = 650 per 8 hour session? Is it because of CA?

OP may be highly skilled and disciplined, but the implication here is probably a bit exaggerated.

Assuming he is talking about buying in a full $500 at a $3/5 table, that's 16 big blinds an hour (16bb/hr x 5usd/bb * 8hr = $640), which is a god-tier rate in the long run.

For mere mortals with less skill and patience, it's also possible to lose the same amount the next 8hr session, resulting in a net zero for two days of work. Or, to sit break even for 8hrs with crappy unplayable hands, because you do need to play less hands to win as he mentioned.

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

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thank you for the heads up!!! hmmm...

I went to it on my Android phone and it worked fine.

Yeah, mine was via a corporate policy. God knows how it decides such things, but it's not a message I've ever seen before, so there could be something wrong with the site that other security software might flag

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

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Thanks for asking! I also used photofeeler and found the way it rated me 1-10 fairly harmful to my mental health. RankPic has users rank your photos best to worst, so it's just against yourself. Additionally it allows users to get more mileage out of each test, when you can do 2-6 photos instead of just one at a time. Anecdotally I've also heard it is a more fun experience for the rankers.

Very smart the best to worst ranking. Well done!

Thank you! The ranking queue was a fun thing to implement.

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Without any offense to you, the creator of this app. It's obvious a lot of care went into it and you wanted to create a better product than what is out there. Even considering the mental impact such ranking could have. However, I genuinely feel that the need for this app is what's wrong with society.

No offense taken, I also have many qualms about the role looks and photos play in our society. The destruction & gamification of social interaction by tech is a genuine harm. Unfortunately it's what we're dealing with right now, and people need feedback to be able to play the game.

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

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https://FreeSolitaire.win brings around $500/mo in advertising revenue. It’s a Klondike Solitaire PWA (progressive web application). I started making it in 2016 and I’ve been slowly iterating on it over time. It has stayed minimal & lightweight, on purpose. No framework, no cruft, no obtrusive ads. Fun fact: because it’s so lightweight, it was included in 2020 in Moya ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=n…

Great app, everything seems to work well. The only thing I noticed was that the suit symbols on the cards are a little odd because they're all the same size (almost?) so a 3 looks like it has 5 symbols on it, etc. But that's minor!

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

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https://www.unlistedjobs.com/ Scraper of job listings directly from company websites. I found my last day job by using a scraper that visits company websites in search of job listings. Now I've turned it into an app for others to use and access jobs that are posted on company websites (rather than paid employer ads on Indeed or wherever). This gives the job searcher an advantage to find jobs not listed on job search…

Here's a bit of feedback:

* Job listings for "Quality Assurance" and "QA" are split into different listings in Job Search.

* I really like the green highlight for Salary range! Personally, I would sort by jobs that list salary first, then by location (or relevance, or whatever).

* The filter was a little confusing to use. I see you talked about it with other users in here. It needs some love, but it's getting there. :)

* If you are going to target job searchers, it would be very helpful too see metrics based on the results. Here's a few examples I came up with

Example 1: I select Help Desk -> Chicago

I see a short-term graph showing whether demand has gone: up, down, or stayed the same - included is a red/green/yellow arrow giving me an idea at a glance. This helps me understand how many Help Desk postings are in Chicago

Example 2: I select Cybersecurity -> I also select Information Security -> NYC

I see a short-term graph showing demand for Cyber vs IS in NYC. This helps me understand if which job has more postings in NYC.

Example 3: I select Python Developer -> Boston & Dallas.

I see a medium-term graph showing demand for each location for Python Developer. This helps me decide whether demand is more consistent in Boston or Dallas.

Example 4: I select Asia & Canada -> Advertising (Under Industry)

I see a long-term graph showing the overall trend for that industry in each of those countries. This helps me track whether jobs are being outsourced, what I should expect in the coming years, and/or which country is the most competitive in that industry.

Hope that helps! Good luck. :)

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

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I built an interactive Music Theory course 8 years ago over a winter break and it continues to bring in enough to pay my rent each month. I just thought there had to be a more intuitive way to learn music theory than the very boring and jargon-heavy alternatives. It uses Tone.js to include little interactive pianos, guitars, and other demos. I've done no marketing, it hit the HN front page for a day, and after that i…

Can this be gifted? Or will the purchase be tied to my email only?
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