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Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On?

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Post by firedating »

asdev wrote: post #7
firedating wrote: post #2

I am working on https://firedating.me - a dating site for FIRE (Financial Independence / Early Retirement) enthusiasts. One can also look for friends there. The stats are public: https://firedating.me/open The site is 100% free and even ad-free. It is my hobby project and I just enjoy helping others, meeting interesting people and learning while developing it. Looks like loneliness is widespread in the FIRE community…

how would you monetize it if you were to do so?

I don't want to artificially slow down the users, so I am considering donations. This would align my incentives with the users' the most. There is a vague idea to use financial contribution as a way to validate account and seriousness. Some people are extremely serious about their search. They can feel frustrated by the people, who spend less effort. I could make some "super serious" club with profile moderation and some contribution.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On?

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Post by firedating »

busymom0 wrote: post #15
firedating wrote: post #2

I am working on https://firedating.me - a dating site for FIRE (Financial Independence / Early Retirement) enthusiasts. One can also look for friends there. The stats are public: https://firedating.me/open The site is 100% free and even ad-free. It is my hobby project and I just enjoy helping others, meeting interesting people and learning while developing it. Looks like loneliness is widespread in the FIRE community…

If you want to work together on building an app, let me know! I have several decently successful iOS apps on the store including Hacker News client HACK.

I am interested. I can't find any way to reach out to you, please reach out to me via https://firedating.me/feedback. Thank you!

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On?

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

alexmingoia wrote: post #22

I'm working on https://yunaru.com/ >, a combination reader and blogging platform. Follow RSS and Twitter feeds, and blog whatever you want.

Just want to say, the site looks great, and I think it's a great idea to have a zero-interaction new user setup.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On?

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Post by alexmingoia »

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #24
alexmingoia wrote: post #22

I'm working on https://yunaru.com/ >, a combination reader and blogging platform. Follow RSS and Twitter feeds, and blog whatever you want.

Just want to say, the site looks great, and I think it's a great idea to have a zero-interaction new user setup.

Thanks! It’s open-source too. There’s a link to the GitHub in the footer.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On?

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Post by randomlurking »

firedating wrote: post #2

I am working on https://firedating.me - a dating site for FIRE (Financial Independence / Early Retirement) enthusiasts. One can also look for friends there. The stats are public: https://firedating.me/open The site is 100% free and even ad-free. It is my hobby project and I just enjoy helping others, meeting interesting people and learning while developing it. Looks like loneliness is widespread in the FIRE community…

Gold digger heaven, here I come!

Seriously cool idea, sounds like fun and it might be quite refreshing for the fire-folks to talk to like-minded people, it can be hard not to talk about your passion too much.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On?

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Post by notesinthefield »

ryanchants wrote: post #11

A DSL and app for defining workouts/progressions. Primary audience would be powerlifting/strength+conditioning/etc coaches to program for their clients. Not sure if it will ever go anywhere, but it's an area I'm somewhat familiar with and a fun way to explore some new tech/ideas. I have 30x500, so I need to work through that at some point, which my disrupt the above.

Interesting, many coaches Ive worked with utilize Google Docs or password protected spreadsheets. Ive always wanted to see TrainingPeaks but for non-endurance athletes.

Re: Ask HN: What Are You Working On?

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Post by notemaker »

desertraven wrote: post #5

I’m working on a location-based feed. Posts are attached to user location. If I arrive in a new place, I’d be able to get a “feel” for the place by browsing top posts for current location. Also useful for annotating the environment. Eg. “Coffee van here on Sundays”, or “aggressive dog seen here”. I don’t think there’s much demand for such a thing, but I like the idea of having a feed relevant only to my current locat…

Jodel [1] had a good run in Sweden a couple of years ago. Don't think it's as popular as before, but it's still used afaik.

[1]: https://jodel.com/

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