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Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you make anything form it now? What are you hoping to get for it? - and what stack are you using?

It's two parts: An App Engine/Python for the UI and user registration, and a Linux server for image capturing (Python, Javascript, RabbitMQ, ...etc.). At first we used popular libraries like Phantomjs, but eventually had to write our own to scale better. I'm experimenting right now with moving the image capturing code to an App Engine managed VM to simplify things and make it scale easier.

Could you mention why you stopped using PhantomJS? Also, how are you supporting flash?

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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I have two alpha state multiplayer games for sale (c# unity3d), one is Desktop/Browser only, one also has an iOS client. Complete with Client/Server code, tons of assets (arts/sound/music), concepts, videos, Web backend for stats, ingame purchases of virtual currency, item shop, integration with several gaming platforms etc.

Both games have been discontinued when my startup ran out of money in 2012, but the usage numbers were promising.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6abiv4rz4qe6srh/hDvmz1Kf_v

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqv37l1y1wgoabv/20120807_174851.mp...

info@yoone.de if you are interested in more info

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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post #338

Greaterskies, http://greaterskies.com - sells posters of the sky, thousands of stars and all the planets as seen from a place and at a time. Selling PDF ($24) and printout. Seems to be getting popular as a wedding present, also for birthdays. Common lisp backend computing the posters, Python and Javascript for the rest. Very nice conversion rate, but I haven't found the time to work on improving the number of visits.

This is really nice! You should add some options for style though, I found the yellowish-names really hard to like. Whoever buys this needs to hire a print designer, if only to do minor correction to the basic template.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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post #334

scendr.com Makes sending hand written cards easy. Drop an email to note@scendr.com. Writers take care transcribing and sending. Churns out a good chunk each month. Could definitely scale further if you had the time and energy.

Looks great! May I ask how you handle payments?

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Exchanges For Outlook - https://www.xchngs.com Status: Transitioning from Pre-Alpha to Alpha

This product shows you concise Email Exchanges in a way they occurred across multiple email silos. This view is not sorted by date, but arranged in a hierarchy based on how they occurred. We are actively developing and using this internally, but need a lot of help getting the first bunch of users and building a business around this.

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