From a 10 year old show hn post[0].
I wanted to make my own but ended up making a timeline maker and have kept working on it since (markwhen.com)
Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
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Re: Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
#12I loved playing puzzle games and I loved learning Rust+wasm so I built https://puzzlip.com to challenge myself.
Re: Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
#13Journal your ideas meticulously. Everyday, just get a README.md on GitHub in a private or public repository and journal ideas.
You don't need advanced tools to journal or write. But the practice of writing is organised thinking and you should try think of things that you're good at. You'll improve your thinking.
I do this everyday and I'm up to 700 ideas and 25 startup ideas. They're linked on my profile.
Re: Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
#14I thought the multi billion dollar companies software was crap so I did it better.
Re: Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
#15I loved playing puzzle games and I loved learning Rust+wasm so I built https://puzzlip.com to challenge myself.
How are you making money with it?
Re: Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
#16My father asked me to create Windows apps for the hospital department where he worked as a doctor (calculating drug dosages and the nutritional needs of preterm infants). I figured that there might be others with a similar need and eventually created a SaaS app builder that is currently my full-time job. It's been almost 20 years since that original request. https://www.calcapp.net/blog/2018/04/09/launching-after-15-y...
Re: Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
#17I know this is usually not the best strategy for coming up with side projects but for me it's just always about solving my own problem. The downside is that I'm solving the problems mostly fellow nerds have that they usually want to solve themselve instead of paying someone to do it for them. What I'm trying to do more actively now is to always keep my eyes open at my day job and try to spot problems that are solved…
Not at all a critic of your idea/tool, but I am surprised (this probably shows how old I am getting) that there can be (many) people willing to spend 10 $/month for a weekly report of twitter bookmarks.
Maybe people working in the media or that however somehow monetize their twitter use?
Re: Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
#18I know this is usually not the best strategy for coming up with side projects but for me it's just always about solving my own problem. The downside is that I'm solving the problems mostly fellow nerds have that they usually want to solve themselve instead of paying someone to do it for them. What I'm trying to do more actively now is to always keep my eyes open at my day job and try to spot problems that are solved…
Not at all a critic of your idea/tool, but I am surprised (this probably shows how old I am getting) that there can be (many) people willing to spend 10 $/month for a weekly report of twitter bookmarks. Maybe people working in the media or that however somehow monetize their twitter use?
I understand what you are saying and I felt the same way. I think as a tech person you always undervalue your products as you see it as “something I could build in a weekend”, which is very different to how other people see it. There’s many Twitter tools in the same price range and the feedback from people I got is that they are happy to pay that.
Re: Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
#19I know this is usually not the best strategy for coming up with side projects but for me it's just always about solving my own problem. The downside is that I'm solving the problems mostly fellow nerds have that they usually want to solve themselve instead of paying someone to do it for them. What I'm trying to do more actively now is to always keep my eyes open at my day job and try to spot problems that are solved…
Not at all a critic of your idea/tool, but I am surprised (this probably shows how old I am getting) that there can be (many) people willing to spend 10 $/month for a weekly report of twitter bookmarks. Maybe people working in the media or that however somehow monetize their twitter use?
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Re: Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?
#20Journal your ideas meticulously. Everyday, just get a README.md on GitHub in a private or public repository and journal ideas. You don't need advanced tools to journal or write. But the practice of writing is organised thinking and you should try think of things that you're good at. You'll improve your thinking. I do this everyday and I'm up to 700 ideas and 25 startup ideas. They're linked on my profile.
How many of those are money making?
I can probably come up with 700 ideas in a day, but that's not what OP is asking.