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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 FriedPickles »

kube-system wrote: post #44
FriedPickles wrote: post #28

I got annoyed that my MacBook case would slightly buzz when plugged in, so I worked with a factory to make these grounded Apple adapters: https://www.amazon.com/Grounded-Duckhead-Apple-Mac-Adapter/d... They've been selling consistently to others annoyed by the problem or who want to ground their MacBook for other reasons.

> Grounds or "earths" your body whenever you use your computer! Earthing is good for your health. You're really hitting all of the applicable target markets there. Love it.

Can't say I personally believe that claim, but there are a fair number of people out there who do. One person even sent formal test results showing that the adapter drastically reduces EMFs coming off the case. Not sure what to make of it but I found it interesting.

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

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Post by mickael-kerjean »

Filestash [1] was born from the infamous top comment of the Dropbox launch [2] as it got me wondered if we could make a Dropbox like UI that is based on this interface:

  type IBackend interface {
    Ls(path string) ([]os.FileInfo, error)
    Cat(path string) (io.ReadCloser, error)
    Mkdir(path string) error
    Rm(path string) error
    Mv(from string, to string) error
    Save(path string, file io.Reader) error
    Touch(path string) error
  }
Once I had it working with FTP, I made it work for every possible file transfer protocol: S3, SFTP, NFS, SMB, WebDAV, Dropbox, Google Drive, ..... As of today it is closer to a full time mac donald employee than 500$ per month with revenue coming from making customisation via plugins for people who need some extras like layering your SAML or OIDC authentication on top of a FTP server or any other storage, custom access / authorisation layer on top your FTP, etc...

[1] https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863

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

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Post by kube-system »

FriedPickles wrote: post #71
kube-system wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Grounds or "earths" your body whenever you use your computer! Earthing is good for your health. You're really hitting all of the applicable target markets there. Love it.

Can't say I personally believe that claim, but there are a fair number of people out there who do. One person even sent formal test results showing that the adapter drastically reduces EMFs coming off the case. Not sure what to make of it but I found it interesting.

The concept of grounding devices is a safety feature, broadly speaking. /shrug

It's a stretch, maybe an oversimplification, but I don't think it's a lie.

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

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Post by Havoc »

pclmulqdq wrote: post #6

This isn't so much a side project as a project that I tried to bootstrap and then never turned off, but as of December/January, I have made a little more than $500/month selling cloud true random number generators. I have not touched the code in a very long time, and today it is pretty much just a website and a listing on the AWS store, but it somehow made a few cents. I'm still nowhere near wanting to quit my "day j…

Unique idea. Well done.

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

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Post by FriedPickles »

kube-system wrote: post #57
aetherspawn wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note grounding your MacBook is likely to result in you constantly zapping your MacBook with static electricity if you wear rubber sole shoes, which is likely to not be good for the MacBook and may randomly damage the electronics. This may be why they did not put a grounding pin the first place. I usually discharge my static buildup in the office sink.

The grounding lug exists on the charger body itself because some of Apple's first party plug adapters are grounded.

Exactly. The Apple extension cord is grounded. They likely didn't include a grounding pin on the stock adapter because (1) it'd be really hard to make it fold down and (2) you lose the option of which direction to plug it in (potentially blocking a plug). So it's a design call.

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

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Post by zurtri »

I have coded a tool to help record everything about your horses.

I have coded it to be as flexible as possible, so it works for all breeds and all disciplines.

I have collaborations with Racing Associations within Australia to provide the software to new owners of retired racehorses.

I am trying to expand to the USA via Texas and to the UK this year.

https://horserecords.info

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

#77

Post by Share6323 »

mickael-kerjean wrote: post #72

Filestash [1] was born from the infamous top comment of the Dropbox launch [2] as it got me wondered if we could make a Dropbox like UI that is based on this interface: type IBackend interface { Ls(path string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) Cat(path string) (io.ReadCloser, error) Mkdir(path string) error Rm(path string) error Mv(from string, to string) error Save(path string, file io.Reader) error Touch(path string) error }…

how long did it take you until this point ?

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

#78

Post by zurtri »

mixedsignals wrote: post #69
j0hnyl wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny, I've been thinking of building this automation for myself.

Cool! It's been super useful personally and hard to describe without sounding scammy because people don't believe there's free money just sitting out there. Need to put some more work into it, but there's so many sites that could be added and the bonuses really tally up if you collect from all of them (I have a running list and right now it's around $20/day in bonuses if you collect from every site on the list).

So how do you withdraw the funds? Or do they sit in the online casino's site for you to put a bet on or something?

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

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Post by jbird11 »

I've been living in Montreal now for the last couple of years and have struggled to find people to practice speaking French with, so I created a web app to talk with an AI to improve my conversational skills [1]. I launched a few months ago and am seeing a little bit under $500/month in revenue so far.

I initially started by offering the service for free, but it eventually became too expensive to handle by myself. I then decided to switch to a paid and free tier and by that point I had amassed enough of a user base that a decent handful signed up to the paid tier. I optimized for user growth > revenue in the beginning because I kept thinking, "if people are not going to use this for free then they surely are not going to pay for it".

Anyhow, it's called Proseable and it also supports English, Italian, German, and Spanish!

[1] https://www.proseable.com/

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