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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 ronyfadel »

szszrk wrote: post #497
ronyfadel wrote: post #488

My 2 Mac Apps bring about $700/mo each: Tubbie [1] is a simple and clean Mac YouTube downloader. Mission Control Plus [2] fixes something stupidly simple: it adds closing, minimizing and quitting apps functionality to macOS' Mission Control. [1] https://www.fadel.io/tubbie [2] https://www.fadel.io/missioncontrolplus

> it adds closing, minimizing and quitting How is that not a thing is beyond me. I tried to do exactly what your app does multiple times and didn't understood how it's not a thing. Recently I'm trying to start using an old mac. Never used it before and almost none of my friends and colleagues did. It's a journey of multiple awe and teeth grinding moments, one after another.

Right? and the app has existed for 5 years already. Plenty of time for Apple to Sherlock it.

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

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Post by dgan »

iandanforth wrote: post #138
jermaustin1 wrote: post #133

In 2023, I started selling solid wood rolling trays designed by my little sister and I on Etsy (The Stoned Craftsmen). Almost immediately I was making $1200-2000 per month. Some months can be big months (especially around Thanksgiving/Christmas) where I'm getting $75-200 a day in sales, but some months can be dogs (July and August this year were literally $0 months - the only 2 on record - I think an algorithm change…

TIL a "rolling tray" is a tray designed specifically to aid in rolling joints.

Took me a couple of minutes, a google search, and then another couple of minutes to understand what a "rolling joint" is. (not native English speaker)

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Post by swiftcoder »

ipaddr wrote: post #295
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…

After seeing your landing page I finally understand what a landing page should be.

Yeah, this is one of the most compelling landing pages I've ever clicked on. Actually dropping me straight into the first lesson before I hit the paywall is very effective.

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

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Post by t1tech »

I've built https://cophone.io - your online smartphone, complete with a phone number. It is an Android system running in the cloud that you can access via a browser, even on mobiles. Things like microphone and webcam work nicely, so you can even have meetings on cophone.

After iterating on it for a while, customers seem very happy and now growing day by day.

No marketing so far, just being out there and posting on various channels once in a while.

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Post by t1tech »

gordalina wrote: post #335

I've built a SMS to Slack which enables two-way SMS messaging from your Slack channels. I had an annoying use case where when trying to login to a shared work account, the 2FA code was being sent to a colleague's phone number. Now being able to receive that code in Slack solved the problem. Customers now use it for their own customer support. End users really like SMS as a messaging platform, nobody wants to send an…

Cool project! Which carriers are you using and how do you get around things like A2P 10DLC?

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Post by scary-size »

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…

Awesome, do plan on having this translated in different languages? I'd buy a German version.

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Post by swiftcoder »

palsecam wrote: post #124

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…

That is pretty slick, and beautifully lightweight. Would love to see artwork for the royalty

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Post by perebaj »

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…

aweasome!

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Post by fluxeb »

t1tech wrote: post #504

I've built https://cophone.io - your online smartphone, complete with a phone number. It is an Android system running in the cloud that you can access via a browser, even on mobiles. Things like microphone and webcam work nicely, so you can even have meetings on cophone. After iterating on it for a while, customers seem very happy and now growing day by day. No marketing so far, just being out there and posting on va…

I would love a local-run version of this on my windows machine! Same subscription price is fine.
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