Ha ha, none of my projects make any money.
I did a couple free solitaire games to learn Javascript [1]
Also a free moon-lander game to learn HTML5 [2]
And I am currently working on two more projects destined to not make any money.
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#82Bootstrapping a project generator tool for Django and Node: https://apibakery.com I expect (well, hope for) it to be making some money at some point in the future but don't worry since it's a side project and something I'm passionate about building even if it's just for fun.
I have an existing Django side project. Very simple app, but cool data. The usage is mostly querying the data in the Django admin and generating some reports. Very little custom code. Do you think I could realistically migrate and get something out of apibakery?
If you already have a Django project up and running, you wouldn't gain much by migrating, as most of the value (for the moment) is in the initial setup, ready boilerplate and sane defaults.
You could give it a spin tho (signup is free, and you can even create a demo project without signing up), any feedback is welcome!
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#83https://typeracelive.com/
I wasn't satisfied with other type racing sites because they were not real time enough for me. I wanted to be able to see exactly where the other racers' cursors were and where they made errors.
I don't expect to make money any off of this, but it was fun to build and I find it fun to play with my friends every once in a while.
The stack is React and ChartJS in the FE (that's it), and Rust with Warp in the BE.
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#84Radiant: https://getradiant.app/
Premise: Takes your Spotify and turns it into a personalised FM-style radio station, complete with a snarky, AI-powered radio presenter called Rad.
Rad'll quip, read you the news and weather on the hour, announce what you've just heard and what's coming next, gives you biographical info for bands you might not be too familiar with but most importantly; Rad helps you discover new music while playing all the songs you know and love, in a smart, contextual way.
Availability: iOS, Android.
Price: $0
Cost to me: like 40-50 bucks a month.
Why do it? I use it daily and so do many others. Great for house parties, offices, long car journeys or just your daily pilgrimage to the supermarket.
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#85https://tvdatanow.co/
We're an Ad Tech startup - cross device attribution measurement aimed at CTV specifically... and we have very few clients, just enough to pay the server bills and expenses but not enough to actually pay ourselves. Been like this for 3 years now.
It's hard, because the job is fairly demanding and it takes effort to keep this kind of big data apparatus going, but at the same time it's never quite dead and almost just barely always on the cusp of getting big enough to support ourselves with it.
We tried (and failed) to raise last year, so still entirely bootstrapped. With funding down right now another attempt at a raise doesn't seem like it's in the cards.
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#86Built a password protected daily journal app to encourage myself to write everyday.
Wanted something very minimal and trustworthy and where all my data lives on my device and not on a server somewhere. Also wanted to see stats on how often I write and how much.
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/a-journal-a-day/id1659288235
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.georgejose...
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#87https://jointgreetings.com
(Currently totally free) online greeting cards that can be signed by many people digitally.
Started it to learn sveltekit but fairly happy with how it turned out. Still more work to be done with optimisations etc but the framework is there.
Currently losing $60/month as it’s part of my mongo atlas subscription and I’ve not gotten around to putting it on a free version yet.
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#883D dice rolling with friends https://dddice.com Have some ideas on monetization in the future but for now it's just fun
This is dope! Whats the tech stack behind it if you don't mind me asking?
Thank you :)
Laravel, MySQL (Planetscale), Redis. Hosted on fly.io
Total monthly expenses is somewhere near $30/mo which is less than I've paid for personal hosting at times.
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#89AI powered transcription and full text search web app: https://polyscriber.com
Started late last year, it works, but has a limited feature set and a basic UI. The core/primary features are there and have some friends using it with free credits. Next planned feature will be an API to enable integrations like transcribing and searching recorded meetings.
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#90I'm actively working on two projects currently making $0 (and I don't necessarily mind):
Mastodon Chirper - A browser extension which injects Mastodon posts into your Twitter timeline. Great way to transition to Mastodon without leaving Twitter. https://chirper.picheta.me/
Mousetrack - A price tracker and deal finder for Walt Disney World holidays. I hope to make it the best source of data for how prices for these holidays change (especially during our current high-inflation times). https://mousetrack.co.uk