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Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by jefftk »

joshmn wrote: post #27
unity1001 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I get to say I am a co-owner in a Mexican horse ranc You must get business cards made and start distributing them to friends and family whenever you get the chance. Not for marketing - to brag and to be able to be mildly annoying.

It's definitely my favorite fun fact. I'm grow up in the city but I spent a few summer days on a horse growing up. One of my earliest memories was horseback riding with my mom. I must have been no older than 18 months.

> One of my earliest memories was horseback riding with my mom. I must have been no older than 18 months.

That is an incredibly early memory! 3-4 is more typical, and 2 is usually the earliest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by Y_Y »

tehsauce wrote: post #108

Shortly after stable diffusion was released, I realized that an enormous number of non-ML people were suddenly interested in using an ML model. However, APIs are insanely expensive and not very developer friendly, and running it yourself required pretty fancy hardware. The goal was to make the technology absolutely as accessible as possible. So I launched https://computerender.com with the simplest API possible - jus…

https://api.computerender.com/generate/fart-compiler.jpg

Is it supposed to work even without an API key?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by tomdekan »

I make >€1K / month with https://amazing.photos

I generate amazing profile photos for users using dream booth and a custom stable diffusion model.

Our quality of output is the best that I’ve seen compared to competitors.

My secret to much higher quality: I rank images, and then only show the best images.

All other competitors that I’ve seen dump all the images to the user. Instead, my process means that the output images are consistently very high quality.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by mogulchris »

I have 2 projects right now, combined doing over $500+/mo :)

They are pretty different target market wise/price point and that has been pretty cool to see the differences in marketing/churn/adoption/etc...

1. Mogul - Privacy focused Personal CRM (https://mogulnetworking.com/) (~$650/mo, ~6 years old)

2. Ellie - A better day planner (https://ellieplanner.com/) (~$160/mo, ~1 year old)

Honestly no game plan, I just enjoy working on both and plan on iterating for a long long time (10+ years) and just slowly growing. I am literally addicted to working on these apps.

I tweet about these projects extensively on Twitter btw if anyone is curious to see what work went into both of these (https://twitter.com/raroque)

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by j1elo »

joshmn wrote: post #12
kilroy123 wrote: post #4

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Awesome work! Would you mind sharing? I live in Mexico City and would love to try horse back riding.

Sure. We're in Vallarta if you ever make it out this way. :) https://ranchoelcharro.com Obligatory disclosure: some semblance of ownership.

Ok I HAVE to ask: why the poor woman's face on the FAQ's background photo is being attacked by an octopus?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by joshmn »

j1elo wrote: post #115
joshmn wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure. We're in Vallarta if you ever make it out this way. :) https://ranchoelcharro.com Obligatory disclosure: some semblance of ownership.

Ok I HAVE to ask: why the poor woman's face on the FAQ's background photo is being attacked by an octopus?

No reason other than to get people talking.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by snake117 »

jerryu wrote: post #46

ERD Lab - Database design tool built for developers https://www.erdlab.io Login as guest directly at https://app.erdlab.io No registration required to test. No email confirmation needed to register either if you choose to do so. Here is a 1 minute video of ERDLab in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VaBRPAtX08

I didn't have enough time to dive into all the information or test out the editor. However, one bit of feedback that I have is just wondering what sets ERD Lab apart from other existing solutions? What motivated you to make your own DB design tool? If a prospective customer was either weighing the pros/cons between several DB design tools or already using another tool, what would compel them to decide on using ERD Lab?

Maybe consider including a table highlighting the differences in features/pricing from other similar tools on the homepage (after the list of features) or a separate page entirely highlighting this information? For example, Render.com has a page specifically highlighting how their product is a better PaaS solution compared to Heroku [0]. This is just a thought.

Personally, I'm not familiar enough with DB design editors to know what I should be looking for in such a tool. Moreover, about ~1 year ago, I was looking for a solution that solved this exact problem, so I am genuinely curious about this.

Finally, just wanted to mention that while I don't need this at the moment, I did bookmark it to consider using in the future.

Otherwise, great job, and I wish you the best!

[0] - https://render.com/render-vs-heroku-comparison

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by no_carrier »

predmijat wrote: post #95
no_carrier wrote: post #88

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How much does this make for you?

A little more than $500/mon at the moment. If you are to trust Udemy's "instructor marketplace insights", top courses with the keyword 'devops' are north of $10k/mon, but median is just $27/mon.

Interesting stats, thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by matt_heimer »

joshmn wrote: post #116
j1elo wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok I HAVE to ask: why the poor woman's face on the FAQ's background photo is being attacked by an octopus?

No reason other than to get people talking.

Funny that the FAQ itself causes a frequently asked question which is answered in the FAQ.
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