Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?

Post by ComputerGuru » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:12 PM UTC

etatoby wrote: post #609

electricslpnsld wrote: post #275

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I've considered it! Our local community college offers classes like this for pretty cheap, maybe when I'm done with the current place.

Besides, I've fixed / expanded / rearranged my own electrical wiring more than once (which is legal here without a license, if you do it on own property for non-commercial purposes) and I didn't use any of my electronics knowledge. You just need to know what the wire colors mean, employ some basic safety procedures, and don't do stupid things with wire size and currents.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:18 PM UTC

frosted-flakes wrote: post #514

pryelluw wrote: post #495

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I meant that there must be Chienese people doing the same thing people used to do here when domestic factories a thing. I was not commenting on the quality of the work. BTE, saying the Chinese quality must be automatically shite is a ridiculous idea.

Not all Chinese stuff is bad, but there's so much bad stuff that it's hard to know what's good. "Chinesium" is an accurate description of the situation.

Post by frosted-flakes » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:41 PM UTC

pryelluw wrote: post #625

frosted-flakes wrote: post #514

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Not all Chinese stuff is bad, but there's so much bad stuff that it's hard to know what's good. "Chinesium" is an accurate description of the situation.

Same with American made products. Have you driven a Chevrolet lately?

Post by thinnerlizzy » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 6:07 PM UTC

utahcon wrote: post #616

thinnerlizzy wrote: post #533

I created ShutterDeck[1], a system for controlling multi-camera arrays. I designed and built the hardware and the iPhone app, which serves as a remote control for the device. I do basically no advertising or I'd probably sell more. The next batch I order will have the boards pre-assembled for me, which I'm really excited about. Most of my clients have photo booths, but I do have one researcher using it to try to trea…

I think this is pretty neat. I am not into photography myself, but love the concept and the way you are going about the work. Cheers!

Post by lb1lf » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 7:22 PM UTC

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lb1lf wrote: post #142

Two things, both of which I stumbled into accidentally - I make lots of jellies once the berries in the garden are ripe; I bought a house in a rural area a few years ago and it came with loads of berries. Might as well put them to use. It is all done manually (in part because it is meant to be a diversion from my engineering job) - red- and blackcurrant and gooseberries mostly. Last year the harvest was some 1200 4oz…

This is a true break from tech. Go for it.