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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by jdluk87 »

I have one, we got to YC top 10% applicant but didn't get in this batch. Hopefully in the next batch: Travi helps users access information about activities, must go places, and things to do from trusted local residents, and provides automatic scheduling of selected activities in an itinerary format.

Yes! I know, we could have picked something non travel related since we launched in the middle of COVID but we have been thinking about the idea for a while and decided to pull the trigger anyway.

Here is the link if you want to give it a try: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/travi-your-trip-planned/id1536....

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by MrDresden »

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #578
MrDresden wrote: post #527

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is not justification enough. And given this particular industry, there shouldn't be a need for anyone to give away that much to their employer. Simply walk away and find another position. And before it is mentioned, ofcourse there are niche situations where that one and only position with this requirement is available and nothing else. But those are outliers and not worth mentioning.

>But those are outliers and not worth mentioning. What an entitled and out of touch attitude.

In the context of how not to be screwed over by an employer, and with the frequency and distribution of tech jobs in mind then yes, I believe that the number of situations where no alternative positions exists and the employer requires the complete sign over of all IP generated by the employee at all time to be so low it has no meaningful impact on the discussion.

And thus brings no value to such a discussion. That does not mean I dismiss the existence of such situations. I simply decide to see the whole forest, rather than focusing on a single tree.

And in case it had eluded you, we who work in the tech industry (which I would hazard a guess is the majority here on HN) are all privileged beyond what most of humanity has ever experienced in terms of job security and wages (even when taking into account the great big gab between the lowest and highest levels).

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by kylebyproxy »

blunte wrote: post #481
jacquesm wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That puts the term 'just in time delivery' on a completely different footing :) Congratulations!

Fortunately this supply chain is less at the mercy of global transportation woes. Now, provenance may still be an issue...

Only really comes up when you commingle stock, but it's not like the customer can ask for a return, so does it even matter?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by czue »

franciscop wrote: post #506
czue wrote: post #289

I have two! An app for making wedding place cards that does about $1000/mo https://www.placecard.me/ A boilerplate for making SaaS apps with Python/Django that does $5k/month (highly variable) https://www.saaspegasus.com/ I also have a third that does around $150/mo. It's an app that adds analytics to GroupMe which is a WhatsApp alternative. https://chatstats.co/ I keep complete revenue and effort data here if you're…

I literally shared your /open/ page the other day, I find it very cool that you have a USD/hour and that for static-ish projects it makes sense that it only increases! That does put a lot of perspective, since I feel it's similar to some of my open source projects (minus the $) in that it just keeps on giving value.

Awesome, so cool you are sharing it and that's exactly the goal I have (both for myself and to inspire others).

I had the idea of adding a "time travel" feature to it, so you can see literally how terrible the numbers were early on. My hourly rate for the first year was about $3!

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Post by czue »

Graffur wrote: post #595
czue wrote: post #289

I have two! An app for making wedding place cards that does about $1000/mo https://www.placecard.me/ A boilerplate for making SaaS apps with Python/Django that does $5k/month (highly variable) https://www.saaspegasus.com/ I also have a third that does around $150/mo. It's an app that adds analytics to GroupMe which is a WhatsApp alternative. https://chatstats.co/ I keep complete revenue and effort data here if you're…

I am surprised you're making $1000/mo when you're not printing and sending out the cards. Have you thought of doing that? Would it make it more profitable?

Yeah, I'm sure it would but it would also increase the complexity a lot. I like how simple and low-touch the business is - it's one of my primary criteria for choosing projects!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by czue »

jhunter1016 wrote: post #576
czue wrote: post #289

I have two! An app for making wedding place cards that does about $1000/mo https://www.placecard.me/ A boilerplate for making SaaS apps with Python/Django that does $5k/month (highly variable) https://www.saaspegasus.com/ I also have a third that does around $150/mo. It's an app that adds analytics to GroupMe which is a WhatsApp alternative. https://chatstats.co/ I keep complete revenue and effort data here if you're…

This is awesome! Your dashboard is awesome too. I’ve been wanting to track time spent on my side projects, but I’ve never implemented anything. You have a chart for your time spent! So I’m wondering what you use to track that with?

I use an app called toggl: https://www.toggl.com/. Highly recommend it!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by czue »

archon810 wrote: post #592
czue wrote: post #289

I have two! An app for making wedding place cards that does about $1000/mo https://www.placecard.me/ A boilerplate for making SaaS apps with Python/Django that does $5k/month (highly variable) https://www.saaspegasus.com/ I also have a third that does around $150/mo. It's an app that adds analytics to GroupMe which is a WhatsApp alternative. https://chatstats.co/ I keep complete revenue and effort data here if you're…

What happened to the SaaS site in November? It jumped to $30k, is that right? That's a massive increase.

Heh. Black Friday sale. https://www.coryzue.com/writing/nov-2021/

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by wonderwonder »

Have a saas I built for a large company to manage their marketing and advertising. Deployed about 8 years ago. Two employees, myself and my brother. Built it in php, and javascript and was the first web based app I had ever built. Got paid about 150k to build it and then we have been netting ~$2500 a month (we then split it 50/50) for the last 8 years. No upgrades or additional work done. Most months all I do is send in the invoice. Hardest part was remembering to renew the ssl cert each year. This month was the last month as the company has switched to a standard solution across all their departments. Was a good ride now I have to figure out something else to build. Worked a regular job this whole time as well.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by czue »

nickjj wrote: post #600
czue wrote: post #289

I have two! An app for making wedding place cards that does about $1000/mo https://www.placecard.me/ A boilerplate for making SaaS apps with Python/Django that does $5k/month (highly variable) https://www.saaspegasus.com/ I also have a third that does around $150/mo. It's an app that adds analytics to GroupMe which is a WhatsApp alternative. https://chatstats.co/ I keep complete revenue and effort data here if you're…

Hello again Cory! If anyone is curious, czue and I chatted about how he built and hosts Place Card Me at https://runninginproduction.com/podcast/39-place-card-me-let... . Basically a full break down of his tech stack, lessons learned, etc.. It also touches on his Django SaaS example app he linked above too. Really nice to see your Django boilerplate is pulling in those figures, congrats.

Thanks Nick, loved geeking out with you! All the best. :)
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