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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 cdosborn »

ck1992 wrote: post #514
cdosborn wrote: post #493

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Cool project. I have a dream to make something like this for drawing spatially. Came to the parent to share my current project which spell checks websites. It found a few small typos on your site. https://www.spl.ing/report-card?website=www.lightnote.co&uui...

Have you heard of carapace? Its a tool to create spatial lines for drawing

Taking a look. For the past two years I've been thinking about drawing. Why it's difficult, how its possible for people like Kim Jung Gi to draw from their imagination. My theory is that it's a learned thing (as opposed to innate ability), but that it's not taught from primitives well. For example, rotating a cube is something that you cannot really find an explanation for. I think the actual difficulty in drawing (representational-ly) boils down to preserving the identity of objects through rotation. This difficulty is preserved in the presence of perspective or not (orthographic projection).

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Post by cmenge »

Not exactly a new idea, but as a fun side project, I built an AI photo generator (i.e., an SD/FLUX wrapper) https://www.photovortex.com which has crossed $500MRR last month.

I also just launched a spin-off of it, https://www.portrayya.com which is more focused on generating a set of portraits of a single person (i.e. headshots for linkedin etc.) instead of prompting individual images.

Overall this is a very crowded space now because it's so easy to build, but there is still a learning curve around landing page design, conversion, ads etc. and potentially some niches to explore.

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Post by mkvoid »

dietervds wrote: post #468

I write a newsletter on cybersecurity every week. Usually a summary of interesting articles and a list of known breaches and software issues. It's been going for seven years now I think? It makes about 25k in sponsorships each year, although it could be more if I actually got myself to sell a bit more. Either way, it's been a great way for me to keep learning. Nothing beats having to summarize a thing to thousands of…

Awesome! I love news-related ideas like this since I'm interested in several industries. Had an idea similar to this a few years ago (in a different industry though) but didn't follow-through because I got bogged down in hosting/email infrastructure decisions. Keep it up!

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Post by bilinguliar »

doctoboggan wrote: post #75

I sell custom jewelry on Etsy and my Shopify website (lulimjewelry.com). I have a background in 3d printing and through that I realized that the sweet spot for 3d printed products is something that is small, high value, and custom. The jewelry industry fits this perfectly, and has already seen a large uptake in 3d printer adoption. I built a pipeline using fabric.js, flask, and blender that lets me take my customer's…

Then you should use my https://commercialinvoice.app To generate, you got it, commercial invoices. To have a smooth customs clearance.

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Post by adhamsalama »

goenning wrote: post #10

I did not like any Kubernetes UI so I built my own https://aptakube.com It went from side project to my primary job in less than 6 months. Everyone was saying that $99 was too much for “an API wrapper”, but here we are, 2 years later and with hundreds of small to enterprise companies using it :)

How does it compare to Lens?

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Post by frankacter »

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…

You mention national and international phone calls. Do these virtual devices appear local to the customers region, to where your servers are located or are there options?

Could someone use your service to run an Android device that behaves as if in the United States, for example, to use Android apps or web services that are region blocked and restrict use of VPN/Proxy?

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Post by NullPrefix »

Jabbs wrote: post #30

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…

I've tried searching for C++ but the search bar straight up refuses it

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Post by WickyNilliams »

audiala wrote: post #512

I have built https://audiala.com which creates audioguides for historical and touristic places in cities all over the world. It brings a bit over $500/month in in-app purchases. I got the idea in 2023 as I was solo traveling Florence, Italy and thought it would be much nicer to listen to stories about the monuments around me instead of having to read a guide. There is also so much more to be done: next, my plan is to…

Cool I had this idea about 10 years ago. I was walking around a city alone with headphones on while Google maps told me how to get to my destination. Thought how nice it would be to combine gps and audio to let me explore and learn. Glad to see someone executing on it!

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Post by dot »

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…

Wow, I've been looking for something like this. Can I bring my own esim?

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Post by audiala »

WickyNilliams wrote: post #528
audiala wrote: post #512

I have built https://audiala.com which creates audioguides for historical and touristic places in cities all over the world. It brings a bit over $500/month in in-app purchases. I got the idea in 2023 as I was solo traveling Florence, Italy and thought it would be much nicer to listen to stories about the monuments around me instead of having to read a guide. There is also so much more to be done: next, my plan is to…

Cool I had this idea about 10 years ago. I was walking around a city alone with headphones on while Google maps told me how to get to my destination. Thought how nice it would be to combine gps and audio to let me explore and learn. Glad to see someone executing on it!

Yes, it's definitely a cool project! Sometimes it's hard to stop reading and listening at all there is to learn and instead code... I hope to have the itineraries with directions done by end of January.
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