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Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by pjmq »

RajT88 wrote: post #270
pjmq wrote: post #84

Radiant: https://getradiant.app/ Premise: Takes your Spotify and turns it into a personalised FM-style radio station, complete with a snarky, AI-powered radio presenter called Rad. Rad'll quip, read you the news and weather on the hour, announce what you've just heard and what's coming next, gives you biographical info for bands you might not be too familiar with but most importantly; Rad helps you discover new music…

> Why do it? Doing stuff like this is how you get experience in areas where your day job may not provide you the opportunity. After all - employers don't care how you got the skills, that you have the skills.

Also having something I'm passionate about gives me a lot of purpose. I've obviously up-skilled tremendously building (and then rebuilding it for cross-platform) but above all else, it's a lot of fun to build and it's something I personally wanted to see in the world and enjoy using!

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Post by ExxKA »

KerryJones wrote: post #125

https://stockoptions.io/ I'm a value investor and found that most options trading tools out there are focused on day/momentum traders and were missing the necessary skillset that value investors use when selecting options, so I made this. My friends and I use it daily, it's helped us considerably with our trades (and in that way has made us lots of money), but we haven't done the marketing necessary to get this tool…

Really interesting. I have been looking at building something similar to just educate Apes.

Also interested in building an audit trail (portfolio tracker) for financial analysts in mainstream media, to keep it more honest. Think trustpilot for analysts but with a portfolio tracker curated by volunteers when they recommend trades

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by ciguy »

I don't have a website yet, but have a working prototype of a backup tool which allows you to easily and simply backup AWS RDS Instances, Google CloudSQL Instances and (coming soon) Digital Ocean and K8s hosted Databases.

One of the main pain points I see in the DevOps space around managing backups is making sure they are actually valid, working and can be recovered. Now that I have the backup part working on AWS and Google Cloud I am working on validation rules so that backups can also be validated on a schedule so you know they are up to date and can be recovered quickly and automatically.

If this sounds like something your org could use, reach out (Email in Bio) as I am looking for a few organizations to work with for free as I develop the open source core of the product. Once that's more mature I will probably add a paid front-end and SOC compliance reporting feature for orgs that need it.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by noname120 »

https://qwerty-fr.org/

Note: This keyboard layout is not just about English/French anymore. You can now type pretty much every latin language in the world: Spanish, Portuguese, Irish, German, Italian, Català, Dutch, Danish, Flemish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Lithuanian, Serb, and many more but my fingers are already hurting.

Now… Time for the sales pitch!

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Are you tired of the limitations and inconvenience of the AZERTY keyboard layout when trying to type in French? Introducing QWERTY-fr, the ultimate keyboard layout for French and English language users! This layout is based on the widely used QWERTY layout, but with added symbols and diacritics to make typing in French easy and fast. Plus, it's easy to learn! With QWERTY-fr, you'll no longer have to rely on autocorrect to fix the shortcomings of AZERTY.

QWERTY-fr also eliminates the frustrating letter swaps and shuffled symbols of AZERTY, making software shortcuts and remapping a thing of the past. Plus, you'll be able to type special characters like "É" and "Ç" with ease.

Our layout follows a strict superset of the QWERTY layout, meaning all keys are in the same location, so QWERTY users can easily transition to QWERTY-fr. To type special characters with diacritics, there are simple rules to follow. AltGr corresponds to Option on macOS and Ctrl Alt on Windows. With AltGr and the corresponding letter, you can type characters like the grave accent, acute accent, circumflex, diaeresis, cedilla, and ligature.

So why settle for the limitations of AZERTY when you can have the best of both worlds with QWERTY-fr? Try it out online without installing it and join our Telegram community to discuss and provide feedback with other users. Don't miss out on this game-changing keyboard layout!

(Courtesy of ChatGPT.)

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by ExxKA »

jasfi wrote: post #164

Not side projects, but I'm a solo founder with 2 projects not currently generating revenue. So I feel like I'm within range of the request. LogicTrader: https://logictrader.xyz - automated trading, currently crypto only and demo mode only. InventAI: https://inventai.xyz - will be a toolbox for generative AI services. Can't say much more before the launch.

For logic trader, remember to factor in slippage and market depth.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by kitplummer »

kitplummer wrote: post #141

LowEndInsight: https://www.lowendinsight.dev Basic analysis of open source software's source - for things like "bus factor". Started as a research project, probably going to die as a research project.

Funny...I think posting here has generated a few clicks. Am seeing my background worker dying. :)

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by pjmq »

pjmq wrote: post #84

Radiant: https://getradiant.app/ Premise: Takes your Spotify and turns it into a personalised FM-style radio station, complete with a snarky, AI-powered radio presenter called Rad. Rad'll quip, read you the news and weather on the hour, announce what you've just heard and what's coming next, gives you biographical info for bands you might not be too familiar with but most importantly; Rad helps you discover new music…

If anyone is interested in learning more, suggesting stuff or getting support etc I've set up a discord that I've done a frankly appalling job of promoting -> https://discord.gg/4YgkhAgfJ5

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Post by palmbeachjeff23 »

Golden Squirrel: goldensquirrel.io

Premise: Get all the upfront information you need to know as a software engineer before applying to a job. Accompanying podcast called "Chasing Squirrels".

Price: $0 (implementing stripe next to charge employers for job posts)

Cost to me: $500/mo in SaaS fees + podcast related fees

Why do it? I became frustrated with how hard it is to find information about the engineer you'll actually be working for at the job, which is one of the biggest if not the biggest factor in looking at new roles. I wanted to de-risk the hiring process for devs by providing as much info upfront about the compensation, role, what they'd be working on, etc so I started with the podcast and just build the job board recently.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by nosecreek »

I built a tool for predicting the outcome of matchups in Yahoo Fantasy Hockey (head-to-head category based leagues). I find it helpful for determining what categories to focus on when picking up streamers/free agents. https://fantasyhockey.fly.dev/

Also, I've seen a few budgeting apps on here. I didn't build Budget with Buckets[1], but I do think it's a great YNAB alternative _except_ that there is no mobile app. So I built a web app that can be used on mobile. https://buckets.goatcounter.com/

[1]https://www.budgetwithbuckets.com/

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Post by kingbirdy »

pjmq wrote: post #84

Radiant: https://getradiant.app/ Premise: Takes your Spotify and turns it into a personalised FM-style radio station, complete with a snarky, AI-powered radio presenter called Rad. Rad'll quip, read you the news and weather on the hour, announce what you've just heard and what's coming next, gives you biographical info for bands you might not be too familiar with but most importantly; Rad helps you discover new music…

I've been listening for about 30 minutes and it's pretty neat, I've already found some new music I like. However, the weather forecast told me it was 275° F.
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