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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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Post by gcanyon »

Soupy wrote: post #117

I run https://pastmaps.com as a lil' solo bootstrapped labor of love. Think Google Maps, but for OLD maps. It has 185K+ fully georeferenced high-res maps covering all of America, as well as satellite, LiDAR, and 3D layers to enable exploration through space and time. History is cool yo. And apparently lucrative - it currently makes ~$5000/mo and is slowly but surely growing through word of mouth

> tiny husband and wife company based in Seattle, WA.

Are you in any way associated with that map shop near Pike Place? I had to look it up, I guess it's Metsker?

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

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Post by trbleclef »

fm2606 wrote: post #227
wesvance wrote: post #205

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…

Just a few weeks ago I was on a trip through back roads of NC and VA and saw a bunch of historical markers and wondered how to do something with them. And now I know. My thinking was to stop and get a gps coordinate and then what? How do I get them all across the states? And that is about how far my thinking got before a SQUIRREL ran through my brain. Glad to see some of my thoughts aren't to far out there. Now just…

Many are probably already in HMDB.

https://www.hmdb.org/

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

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Post by walterburns »

lihaoyi wrote: post #373

Not quite 500$/month, but my book https://www.handsonscala.com/ is still making 300-400/month 4.5 years after releasing it. Not a lot of money compared to silicon valley FAANG salaries, especially given the amount of effort that went in, but it's a nice feeling to see the dollars trickling after so long

Li Haoyi! Thank you for developing your scala ecosystem and Hands On Scala. I just started using Scala again after a few years' break, using Mill, thanks to your recent blog post on the last 12 years. I forgot how easy Scala can be if you don't make it hard, and how just darn pleasant it is to code in. Would love to see Scala rise from the ashes of the FP flame wars and become Python devs' second language. Or even their first. Thanks for leading the charge!

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

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Post by gcanyon »

cccybernetic wrote: post #71

I built a web app that extracts data from documents, like PDFs, Word, etc. I've seen people say "GPT wrapper", but it consistently outperforms similar tools in the space. My main customer is a private equity fund that randomly reached out. I didn't know much at all about fintech, but it works and gets the job done. I don't have a proper marketing site yet since I've been focused on building the app, but it's coming s…

I'd like to learn more -- please email me (link in profile).

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Post by gcanyon »

stronglikedan wrote: post #118
Bellspringsteen wrote: post #113

https://blog.labsbell.com/blog/SkippiesPart2 selling 4.99$ shoes, strangely fun to see the inner workings of ecommerce. I dont understand how amazon sellers make any money.

damn my wide feet. nice shoes tho. wish they'd fit me

Same here: I need like 3XW shoes

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Post by gcanyon »

guico wrote: post #61

Just launched Story Treasure a way to create illustrated children's books, motivated by the fact that I'm a portuguese dad raising two bilingual girls in Germany... very hard to find portuguese books around here! https://www.storytreasure.ai/

How do you monetize?

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

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Post by user7878 »

nspeller wrote: post #116

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 you add keyboard shortcut handler? like when I press 1 it can play the 1st button mentioned in screen?

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Post by Tsarp »

fraXis wrote: post #442
Tsarp wrote: post #413

BrainDump: Apple Notes + VoiceMemos + ChatGpt in 1. What is it? - Apple Eco-system based voice note taking/journal. - Tried various note taking apps. Nothing stuck like Apple Notes. - Writing by hand was the best way to get clarity but seemed high friction. Talking about ideas with friends/colleagues was the second best to thought clarity. - Basically combined it. Voice -> Transcribe (whisper accuracy locally) -> Rew…

Great job on this!

Thank you. Hope you try it and find it useful!

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Post by erics32 »

atlgator wrote: post #392
erics32 wrote: post #375

I was laid off at the start of 2024 and built https://interviewsolver.com which is an AI copilot for helping you with your leetcode interviews. Doing about 6k/month, though the space is becoming fairly crowded.

Wow, incredible. I recently interviewed (as hiring manager) for 3 separate positions of varying seniority. Cheating is rampant now. I'd say at least 80% were using ChatGPT to lookup answers. One candidate had a 3rd party operate ChatGPT for her. Do you support Codility?

Yes, the nice thing about it being a desktop app is that all interview platforms are supported - browsers are unable to detect these desktop apps due to inherent limitations. There's a bunch of competing services so it's likely your candidates were running something.
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