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Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by troublebucket »

thomaslord wrote: post #21

Disclaimer: This project isn't currently publicly available. I was using Simple as my primary bank, and their Goals feature made it possible to do envelope-style budgeting really conveniently. Unfortunately the bank that backed them, BBVA, sold to PNC. This lead to my Simple being shut down, and my account was converted first to a BBVA account and then to a PNC account. When I lost access to the Simple app I first bu…

yeah I also don't want any third party getting ahold of my transaction data. My solution was to have my banks send alert emails to me for any transaction. Then the alert emails are forwarded to a Dockerized email server I set up. The transaction data is automatically parsed out of the emails and loaded into a database. The only cost for me is the server.

Honestly the email server could be gotten rid of if someone was willing to directly access their gmail email account via IMAP, or whoever you use for email. I thought it would be a fun challenge to make an email server x_x

My goal is to make it so people like you could write some regex for their bank alert email parsing, spin this up, and be off to the races with no third party interference.

Here's the repo (WIP): https://github.com/katefike/sage

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by jgarzon »

NetToolKit wrote: post #497
jgarzon wrote: post #132

I've made yet another magnetometer, but this one its free and no ads. It helped me locate a strong magnet in a hole I had put 5 ft underground. I was then able to excavate to it and install my main water line without digging a huge hole. check it out at: https://www.smartbrosltd.com

Sounds like an interesting story that I'm curious about... how did putting a strong magnet in the ground help you install your main water line?

I had the main rupture under my floor which is a concrete slab. so Instead of breaking the concrete I routed a new line from the outside directly to the back of my bathroom wall, where there was a small space behind the shower to access the plumbing. Luckily there was no concrete underneath the bathroom tub so I made a hole with a power washer and a very long extension wand for it, directly vertical. In this hole I put the strong neodymium magnet. Now from the outside I was able to locate exactly where my other hole was with my app. This way I was able to install a new main into my house with no damage to my structure.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

#623

Post by shahargl »

freeqaz wrote: post #610

LunaTrace: https://lunatrace.lunasec.io/ Premise: Open Source[0] alternative to GitHub Dependabot and `npm audit` that focuses on helping you prioritize where to patch first (since only 0.1% of CVEs are used in cyber attacks). Short YouTube demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugdSyR2L6sY A newer video showing off the Static Analysis engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPd4MSUJ98M Price: $0 for Open Source repos…

Looks awesome!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by WrtCdEvrydy »

gcampos wrote: post #613
WrtCdEvrydy wrote: post #214

PoachMe.Dev: https://www.poachme.dev/#/devLand?reqCode=HNGOBRRR Premise: Recruiters spam left and right, so we decided to create a website just so they could get a familiar calendar-like interface but asked them to pay for your time. As soon as we exposed the external version with the URL, we decided to make an automated template ("Great. Please book a slot on my calendar and we can chat more about this. You'll recei…

How many users do you have right now? Last year I created a prototype of something very similar, the key difference was that the idea was to auto pre screen recruiters instead of ask for pay.

We stopped counting after a bit but regularly get an influx get new features drop (like the virtual business card) and when we post someplace.

It's profitable enough to cover hosting but honestly we built the features we wanted out a product we wanted and it went from there.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by goblinux »

pjmq wrote: post #592
dsabanin wrote: post #535

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is a really cool idea and you should keep working on this. You're onto something. Incorporate more day to day? Include podcasts that I subscribe to as programs? So much potential.

Short-form podcasts are being looked at as sort of a syndicated content. Like there'd be a list of interesting shows like 'The Daily', 'Business Wars Daily' etc that you could subscribe to and have injected into the stream when appropriate! Obviously, I'd expand this with more full-fledged shows if people liked the format. You could even configure it with "I listen to my podcasts in the morning / after noon / when I'…

I would love to be able to listen to news podcasts in this.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by yamazakiwi »

Thorentis wrote: post #606
seangransee wrote: post #430

Everyone Draw: https://everyonedraw.com I created a little experiment a few years ago to see what would happen if anyone in the world could draw pixel by pixel on an infinite, shared canvas. It has attracted a small community of fans who use it to relax and practice their drawing skills. The community has spawned some breathtaking pieces of collaborative art, including a world map[1], a galaxy[2], and a magic forest[…

Isn't this a copy of Reddit's April fools /r/pixel game?

which is a copy of a copy, what's old is new

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by emeth »

https://historicalchristian.faith/

An open source database that pulls up all historical Christian commentary on a verse in the Bible - e.g. see how the early church fathers interpreted a verse, it's often illuminating.

Was inspired by CS Lewis' comments about the "Old Books": "Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistakes of our own period. And that means the old books."

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by jimmygrapes »

pschanely wrote: post #516

Music Tonight: https://musictonightapp.com/ Makes a Spotify playlist of artists playing near you, tonight. No revenue. I really just made it for me; make the playlist in the am, listen during the day, and maybe see something that night.

Honestly this does a better job of letting me know who is playing nearby than any other event advertising I've seen. I have no idea who these people are near me today, but now I get to sample and discover them. I actually just bought a ticket for a small show at a school near me that I never would have known of otherwise. I dunno if you're into making money off of this but it's the sort of idea that has some legs. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

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Post by JustArchi »

ArchiSteamFarm: https://github.com/JustArchiNET/ArchiSteamFarm

I've been developing ASF for last 8 years with very active attitude, 10k commits with over 7k commits made by me (98.6% of all excluding bots and automation). While I do offer various donation options, the program was always free and open-source, and the overall amount of hours I've put into this would probably make at least several years of senior-level salary by now.

One of my finest creations that helped a lot of Steam users. The program was used approximately at 2.5 million of Steam accounts overall, having solid 30k downloads of each monthly release.

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