The cynic in me always suspects these questions are fishing attempts to see what ideas can be cloned to steal some of the revenue.
My sense is the expected value is positive (new paying users > revenue stolen)
Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
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Re: Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
#12The cynic in me always suspects these questions are fishing attempts to see what ideas can be cloned to steal some of the revenue.
Well then, you're quite an optimist if it takes the cynic in you to suspect that.
Re: Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
#13https://markwhen.com Timelines in markdown (gantt, calendar, map, other views) It's open source ( https://github.com/mark-when/markwhen ) and there are some paid options for storing markwhen documents in the cloud. Straddling paid SAAS and open source is a bit tricky and I still haven't figured it out completely yet. I have some sponsors as well as some paid saas clients but it's not quite paying the bills yet... I l…
If you write about what it is that you're doing and keep a blog, that has been a very effective way for me to "market" the work that I'm doing without it sound scummy af. (I don't like feeling like a greasy used car salesman, and writing about developing stuff feels much more natural to me.)
Re: Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
#14https://golang.cafe $1,000/month from various ads (sponsorships, display ads, YouTube Adsense)
It’s in cruising mode never really invested any significant time on it apart from spare hours on weekend.
Entirely written in Go and open source
Re: Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
#15An independent video game themed around van life
Re: Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
#16Re: Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
#17https://bulkbuffer.com
CSV upload to Buffer. Run it for many years, sent tens of millions of updates, only ever had a donation button that brings in enough to pay for the digital ocean box.
Re: Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
#18My side project is mainly just complaining about working for "the man" while not doing much about it. It's a crowded space, but it definitely makes less than $2k/mo!
Re: Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
#19Couple of mobile strategy games:
Card Crusade - a roguelike deckbuilder (similar to Slay the Spire)
Barnard's Star - multiplayer tactical strategy game (like XCOM or Into the Breach)
Both games are on iOS and Android. Makes just over $100 per month. It's a ton of work. Doing it wayyy more for the enjoyment/satisfaction of the project than the money.
Re: Ask HN: Side projects making less than $2k MRR, what's your project?
#20https://chess.braimax.com
Puzzle rush integrated with spaced repetitions to improve tactically at chess. I hacked a solution for myself during covid to combine those two, and achieved very good results reaching 2000 on lichess (from around 1800), which was my goal then.
In a recent break between jobs I decided to create an integrated, easy to use solution, and I've got lots of ideas about how to improve it - if it gets traction :)