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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 windowshopping »

monadile wrote: post #710
windowshopping wrote: post #400

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did you design and build your homepage? I find that building the landing page and making it look like a professional, beautiful design is one of my biggest hurdles. I'm an experienced web developer but without a design to work off of - and especially accounting for mobile and dynamic sizing - I really struggle with this part of the work so I'm wondering what other people's workflows are for it.

In case you're looking for a designer, I can help you with the design especially mobile as I have worked on mobile apps that are live on app store and play store. feel free to check out my work : https://monadile.framer.website/ You can also reach out via email : monadile.design(at)gmail.com

Thank you, but I probably will do this myself. For what it's worth - and I'm saying this constructively, not to offend - your website is illegible due to contrast issues. White titles and light grey text against a light blue background. I was sure it must be some kind of error but I turned off all my extensions and loaded it incognito in chrome and nothing changed, so, I don't know what conclusion to draw there. It just doesn't make a very good impression for a designer.

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

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Post by lnt129 »

nspeller wrote: post #116

I built an interactive Music Theory course 8 years ago over a winter break and it continues to bring in enough to pay my rent each month. I just thought there had to be a more intuitive way to learn music theory than the very boring and jargon-heavy alternatives. It uses Tone.js to include little interactive pianos, guitars, and other demos. I've done no marketing, it hit the HN front page for a day, and after that i…

When I was learning guitar a few years ago, I came across your website and really loved it. But after that, I forgot about it. Your website is great, very easy to undersand, and the UI is also great.

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

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Post by crusty »

joshstrange wrote: post #34

It’s not really MMR but I have a side business when I provide software for online and in-person festival payments (entry/food/drinks). If you take the total revenue (or profit) for the year and divide by 12 I’m well over the $500/mo limit. I currently do 3 festivals a year which all pretty much fell in my lap, I’ve yet to start any sort of sales/marketing due to being busy with my day job/life and not wanting to grow…

Did you decide the vendors do the scanning so you could enable customers who aren't using connected smartphones? On the surface it sends like the digital version of here's my wallet, take what I owe you if I'm just presenting a QR code that links to my event "wallet" to a vendor and they are set the amount to be deducted and confirm the transaction without my input. Is there a customer confirmation step, overcharging just hasn't been an issue, or you've figured something else out to 'prevent' that type of fraud?

I keyed on this because I've only ever really seen the reverse in the wild, where a vendor presents a bill with a QR code, and then there's either a confirmation or record of some sort that can be easily checked. Though I don't actually make these types of purchases myself, so I'm just going by cursory observations.

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

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Post by crusty »

joseppudev wrote: post #329
itslennysfault wrote: post #101

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That's wild. I saw this when you(?) posted it a while back and assumed no one would want this. No offense, but it doesn't make the coffee taste any better...... unless it does............? Anyway, glad you're seeing success.

it is like belle delphine's bath water, but for nerds

Considering I hadn't heard of Belle Delphine until she came up in an LTT video, I'd venture a guess that her bath water was also for nerds.

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

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Post by coldtrait »

ssiddharth wrote: post #669
coldtrait wrote: post #596

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Any chance there's an android app planned? Also, wondering if an edge extension is in the works too. Most chrome extensions work directly on edge but some don't.

Chrome on Android, unfortunately, doesn’t support extensions. I have a Firefox version for Android and I reckon Brave should pick up and install the desktop version for Chrome too. I do have a version for Edge too though it’s often a few versions behind as the Edge team takes too darn long to approve. If anyone on the Edge team is reading this, please DM. https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/sink-it-fo..…

This is cool, I'll try it out.

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

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Post by sigma5 »

palsecam wrote: post #124

https://FreeSolitaire.win brings around $500/mo in advertising revenue. It’s a Klondike Solitaire PWA (progressive web application). I started making it in 2016 and I’ve been slowly iterating on it over time. It has stayed minimal & lightweight, on purpose. No framework, no cruft, no obtrusive ads. Fun fact: because it’s so lightweight, it was included in 2020 in Moya ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=n…

Thanks for sharing. Are the revenue generated based on the ads on the website ? Are they generated per number of clicks on the ads ? How does it work with ad blockers ? Thanks

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

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Post by rishikeshs »

jacksonLiu89 wrote: post #701

Earlier this year, NYT launched a new puzzle game called Strands, which gained a lot of popularity. I created a website, https://strands.today , monetized with AdSense. It allows users to check daily puzzle answers and play previous games in the https://www.strands.today/strands-archive/ . It generates about $600 per month.

How do you get the data and how do you publish the content? Is it automated?

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

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Post by palsecam »

sigma5 wrote: post #736
palsecam wrote: post #124

https://FreeSolitaire.win brings around $500/mo in advertising revenue. It’s a Klondike Solitaire PWA (progressive web application). I started making it in 2016 and I’ve been slowly iterating on it over time. It has stayed minimal & lightweight, on purpose. No framework, no cruft, no obtrusive ads. Fun fact: because it’s so lightweight, it was included in 2020 in Moya ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=n…

Thanks for sharing. Are the revenue generated based on the ads on the website ? Are they generated per number of clicks on the ads ? How does it work with ad blockers ? Thanks

Yes, revenue is ads-based (and a few donations). I use Google AdSense. ~40% of players use an ad-blocker; I let them block ads, I don’t play cat-and-mouse.

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

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Post by palsecam »

addandsubtract wrote: post #717
palsecam wrote: post #124

https://FreeSolitaire.win brings around $500/mo in advertising revenue. It’s a Klondike Solitaire PWA (progressive web application). I started making it in 2016 and I’ve been slowly iterating on it over time. It has stayed minimal & lightweight, on purpose. No framework, no cruft, no obtrusive ads. Fun fact: because it’s so lightweight, it was included in 2020 in Moya ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=n…

- I wish I could double-click a card to automatically move it up to its respective suit stack (if possible) - This is the first Solitaire game I've played where I was able to move a card from its suit stack back onto the board (or maybe I just didn't try before). Either way, I like that :)

> I wish I could double-click a card to automatically move it up to its respective suit stack (if possible)

Oh but you can!

But, as I said recently (in an e-mail to another player): “Someone once told me about how ‘double-click is finicky on Windows/Chrome’. But now you are two encountering the same issue, and not on the same OS/browser combo. So it looks like problem is in the game. Thanks, I shall look into it.”

> able to move a card from its suit stack back onto the board […] Either way, I like that

That’s on purpose, glad you like it! It can help you get unstuck sometimes.

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

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Post by dansult »

nick_pou wrote: post #358

I built https://vpzen.io - dedicated VPN servers that are pay as you go. 79c per day and 10c per Gb. Great if you only need a VPN occasionally. Plus there's no VPN client to download... it works with the native VPN client on Windows, iOS, macOS and Android.

Really cool approach to running a VPN company
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