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

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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 naet »

CodeIsTheEnd wrote: post #645

I run Plain Text Sports ( https://plaintextsports.com/ ). I got sick of waiting for ESPN to load so I made a site with the goal of providing immediate access to what people actually care about: sports scores. It's pretty fully featured at this point, supporting the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, Premier League and Champions League, college basketball and college football, WNBA, NWSL, and the World Cup. And for a lot of lea…

I use it every MLB season and love it! Thank you for your work. Baseball is the perfect sport to go plain text, it already works really well over the radio etc.

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Post by seangransee »

actinium226 wrote: post #752
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[…

How do you deal with graffiti?

Graffiti is part of the fun!

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Post by DistrictFun7572 »

https://linear-equations.com/

Solve systems of linear equations. A tool I made during/for my studies. No idea if that counts as a proper side project since it took like a day (?) or so to make.

https://sudolver.app/

Solve sudokus by taking a picture with your mobile phone. Only works with sudokus found in Switzerland (?). Not sure if that format is used anywhere else.

https://wucheplaner.ch/

Create weekly plans for your pupils in primary school. Again, for people in Switzerland.

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Post by duvara »

iCalNinja https://ical.ninja

Wanted a non-Google way of easily embedding iCal calendars into a website. I needed to embed a TeamSnap calendar on my kid's sports team Squarespace page.

Cost to me: ~$10/mo (piggy backing off of my real job's servers)

Revenue: 2 customers - god bless 'em ($24/yr)

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Post by shahbazac »

FIX Parser: https://fixparser.targetcompid.com/

A website which allows people in financial trading companies to more easily understand the FIX protocol.

Obviously this is a very niche app, but very useful! It is somewhat well known in the industry (among the type of people who use FIX).

Amusingly, recently a friend forwarded me a website, run by a prestigious financial software company, which is CLEARLY a copy of my website! They are marketing their site on LinkedIn and, I’m sure, other places.

I keep thinking of developing this firther. I have several ideas, just lack the time.

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Post by mathgorges »

freddref wrote: post #707

Https://Batsign.me Quick and easy personal email notifications. I got tired of configuring email for simple things. I have one very intensive user. It's a side-side-project.

Howdy, I currently have a use case for this and attempted to signup :)

Unfortunately, when I click through the verification link in my email I get a 404 -- any advice?

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Post by erhosen »

Tactris: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tactris-tactical-puzzle/id1537...

I've been working on a mobile game called Tactris for the past three years. It's a puzzle game where players build lines and collect points using strategy and quick thinking. The game is available on the App Store, and I've been releasing updates and adding new features to keep it fresh.

However, despite putting time and effort into the project, I haven't been able to generate any revenue from it. I've been charging $100 per year for the game (Developer subscription), my total profit is $0.

I'll keep working on it in the future, but for now, it's just a passion project.

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Post by offbeatport »

https://switchcenter.app/

SwitchCenter aims to improve the experience of managing your opened apps/windows on macOS.

With this, you can display your opened windows grouped in columns (by application). You can also also display the minimized windows in the same column as the opened windows and allows you to pin applications so they always display in the same order. On top of that, it allows for (arguably) better windows control (close, minimize, full-screen, Zoom In / Out, etc.).

It started as an experiment because I was looking for a cleaner, more organized way to arrange the (many) opened windows.

I'm thinking of adding browser tabs somewhere in there (maybe).

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

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Post by sen »

erhosen wrote: post #808

Tactris: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tactris-tactical-puzzle/id1537... I've been working on a mobile game called Tactris for the past three years. It's a puzzle game where players build lines and collect points using strategy and quick thinking. The game is available on the App Store, and I've been releasing updates and adding new features to keep it fresh. However, despite putting time and effort into the project,…

I feel like the screenshots and descriptions make it feel like “just another Tetris clone” and doesn’t really show/explain how it’s different, or even how the game actually plays?

Explaining a bit better how it’s different to Tetris and why that makes it fun would go a long way to convincing people to try it.

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