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It was topic about showing your side projects, or something similar. I had small website just like [1] but with ads (I sold it later). It gave me lot of traffic, more visibility, eventually better Google rank and more money from ads. Such small/fun sites can get you real money! 1: https://randomcountrygenerator.com/
A year and a half ago I started building a better personal finance simulator / retirement calculator, mainly for myself and friends/family to use. I was about T-minus one week from halting work on it and starting something else when I posted to Show HN on a whim: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26969173 . I didn't even think to check back on it until during a meeting I noticed my inbox was suddenly filling up :)…
I don't remember when I signed up, but I'm a fan. Love when the emails come with the regular updates. I need to do my monthly data update. <3
A year and a half ago I started building a better personal finance simulator / retirement calculator, mainly for myself and friends/family to use. I was about T-minus one week from halting work on it and starting something else when I posted to Show HN on a whim: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26969173 . I didn't even think to check back on it until during a meeting I noticed my inbox was suddenly filling up :)…
Wow! I have long wanted a tool like this. Will sign up for the trial.
TL;DR I got asked by the NYT to expand my comment into an opinion piece, the NYT then changed my writeup of my opinion a bunch which was annoying but it was still basically my opinion. Anyway, I got paid for my time.
https://biotinker.dev/posts/seismograph.html
It didn't get a ton of traction when I posted it on HN at the time
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24138014
But something only needs to be seen by the one correct person to make a difference, and in my case it was.
If you have a business open an account for that entity as well, get one for your spouse, get one for your child, then spread the word. Note the limit is $10k per year.
[0]https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/research/indepth/ibonds...
The bootstrapping-type posts got me excited to try my hand at it. I'm at $5k/month (mostly) passive income right now, while also consulting 4 days a week. Who wants to be hired helped me find my first freelancer gig.
If I can ask, what generates the most income, the Mac apps or the iOS one?
macOS sales stable while iOS is growing fast.
I've made well over $1M over the years just off the "Who's Hiring"/"Who's Freelancing" threads. People give this place a lot of flack and some of the users can be pretty verbose and pedantic, but overall this community has been one of the best in my 25 years.
If you hadn't made well over $1M over years just off the "Who's Hiring"/"Who's Freelancing" threads (let's say you made $0), would HN still be one of the best communities in your 25 years? If so, why?
This is a forum where we see and participate in dicussions regularly even if we don't all agree, at least to some extent. I like that.
HN also doesn't use an individualized list of stories or personalized front page, which is very refreshing. We have a shared space here.
"Is there a HN post that made you money?" Nope. I assume very few people made any money from an HN post, directly or indirectly. Edit: Why disagree without reply? Most of us (even on HN) are just normal devs and nothing we do on here will make us money.
> Edit: Why disagree without reply? Most of us (even on HN) are just normal devs and nothing we do on here will make us money. Because your personal anecdote of "Nope." doesn't really add much value to the thread, and the second sentence is an assumption (so it may not even be correct), and either way, it also doesn't really contribute to the discussion.
The fact that it (at least at the time) was the only response about not making money does add to the conversation, as prior to that the conversation was very one sided. So all you're really hearing is how some people made money, but it's not accurately representing how many people do or don't make money on here. I would like to see responses by other normal devs saying they did or did not make money on here since that can give insight into the assumption to determine what kinds of people benefit. Or perhaps I'm looking for too deep of a discussion?
Here's one for you. Buy iBonds from treasury.gov now! Think of it as a risk free savings account that pays almost 10%[0] at the moment since it tracks inflation which is currently high. If you need the money back you just forfeit the last 3 months interest. If you have a business open an account for that entity as well, get one for your spouse, get one for your child, then spread the word. Note the limit is $10k per…