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Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?

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Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?

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Post by kzisme »

StavrosK wrote: post #60
kzisme wrote: post #39

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Those are all pretty awesome! Since they don't really make you any money - do people use them often then - if so how do people find them?

Thank you! It depends on what you mean by "often", I guess often enough. I use Pastery all the time (especially the editor plugins), and all my developer friends love it too. I guess people use some of the other services too, for example I get lots of comments for Spamnesty. I don't really care enough to look, though, as I built them for myself or because I thought they'd be fun, or because I just wanted to make some…

I was just curious because many developers enjoy (and want) people to use the stuff they write.

I was just wondering if/how you tried to market it or show it to more people.

Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?

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Post by StavrosK »

kzisme wrote: post #61
StavrosK wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you! It depends on what you mean by "often", I guess often enough. I use Pastery all the time (especially the editor plugins), and all my developer friends love it too. I guess people use some of the other services too, for example I get lots of comments for Spamnesty. I don't really care enough to look, though, as I built them for myself or because I thought they'd be fun, or because I just wanted to make some…

I was just curious because many developers enjoy (and want) people to use the stuff they write. I was just wondering if/how you tried to market it or show it to more people.

I mainly just post them around HN whenever the opportunity arises :P

Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?

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Post by viridian »

ellius wrote: post #51
viridian wrote: post #49

I started a podcast with another Hacker News poster. We have no ads, make no money, but it's great fun just talking about big local events in Columbus Ohio, and also big tech news. It's obviously extremely niche and local, but there's always something new happening in urban development, politics, that sort of thing here. http://columbusthisweek.podbean.com for the RSS feed, or itunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us…

I don't see a lot of Columbus, OH on HN so here's a shout out. I'll definitely try the podcast.

Cool, thanks for that. Eric and I are both pretty big Columbus evangelists and are pretty active in the startup weekend community.

Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?

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Post by tugberkk »

dmitri1981 wrote: post #54

https://www.hnlondon.com - been running it for about seven years and had some amazing speakers give talks. Sets me back a few grand a year in sponsorship shortfalls, but is an amazing experience when a great speaker inspires the whole room.

Hey, this looks pretty good! Nice work.
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