I have one: I self-publish science fiction on the side. Although it isn't consistently $500 per month yet. Sometimes it is a bit more, other times less. The income goes up as I build up my backlist, but usually it is a spurt in the month of release that then trickles down to a lower baseline. With each new release, that baseline gets a little higher.
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What is the reasoning behind why Fibonacci retracements should work? Did you backtest it?
Do you know of any studies or articles that shows why backtesting actually works or is useful? I have been reading up on automated and systematic trading, but I do not yet understand how backtesting gives one anything more than warm fuzzies. For backtesting to work, wouldn't one need to re-run (i.e., playback and not simulate) all inputs from what the real data was (instrument pricing, the weather, social media senti…
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#804I am running https://excel-converter.com that converts Excel files into HTML tables.
This blows my mind. I thought excel had "save as -> html". Whether it does or not, nice work finding this niche
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#805I have two! An app for making wedding place cards that does about $1000/mo https://www.placecard.me/ A boilerplate for making SaaS apps with Python/Django that does $5k/month (highly variable) https://www.saaspegasus.com/ I also have a third that does around $150/mo. It's an app that adds analytics to GroupMe which is a WhatsApp alternative. https://chatstats.co/ I keep complete revenue and effort data here if you're…
Hello again Cory! If anyone is curious, czue and I chatted about how he built and hosts Place Card Me at https://runninginproduction.com/podcast/39-place-card-me-let... . Basically a full break down of his tech stack, lessons learned, etc.. It also touches on his Django SaaS example app he linked above too. Really nice to see your Django boilerplate is pulling in those figures, congrats.
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I use it extensively in a program I wrote out. I have it automatically trim out silence in front and end of clips and combine it with an algorithm to detect mistakes and take them out. Then it zooms in and out of clips and attaches pictures to create slideshows and adds transitions and cover pages etc based on a text file that gives instructions. Here’s the channel if you’re curious: https://m.youtube.com/c/rareliqui…
Cool. Do you have something specific you do to flag a mistake for the algorithm, like clapping?
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Jeff Geerling tweeted something about that he got 1 million TikTok views from a video he spent two minutes to make. I think it featured this book.
Found it: https://www.tiktok.com/@geerlingguy/video/704386612371181086... Now sitting at 3.7m views.
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#809I love it because is 100% passive. Improvement ideas are very welcome.
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Hello again Cory! If anyone is curious, czue and I chatted about how he built and hosts Place Card Me at https://runninginproduction.com/podcast/39-place-card-me-let... . Basically a full break down of his tech stack, lessons learned, etc.. It also touches on his Django SaaS example app he linked above too. Really nice to see your Django boilerplate is pulling in those figures, congrats.
Looks really cool. Would love to read a transcription of the conversation if you have one. Otherwise will check out the audio later.