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Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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learnpython.org Generates ~10k/month. Plus, teaches a bunch of people how to code for free :)

Where’s the money coming from? Subscription? Also how much time it took to reach that point?

Took about 5 years. Right now it's just ads but I'm trying to make revenue from certifications now.

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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learnpython.org Generates ~10k/month. Plus, teaches a bunch of people how to code for free :)

That's super nice, mate! I love teaching and am building a website to teach programming myself. Now, if its ok for you to disclose, how do you manage the evaluation/testing of user submitted code in the backend? Thanks and congratS!

I just review the pull requests :)

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Payment processing [1] Website builder / development [2] Both are side and I'm currently ramping them both up now that they are self sustaining and I can focus on hiring sales agents and app devs. [1] https://clearpayments.ca or US https://clearmerchantsol.com [2] https://sytescope.com

Typo on https://clearpayments.ca/

> Making it easy for owner to fine apps to streamline their processes.

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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I started Hacker Newsletter [1] almost 14 years ago and sent out the 647th issue today [2] to 58k folks. It took over a year to break 1k subscribers and a few more years to get to that type of revenue. I could do a lot more with it and plan to one day, but really only focus on it a couple hours each week when I build the issue and talk to sponsors. 1: https://hackernewsletter.com 2: https://mailchi.mp/hackernewslette…

I don't have HN open all day so I love this newsletter. I'm also in Australia so sometimes I miss posts as they slide away during US work hours. Love your work

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post #462

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have a lengthier description of what Pine Tar poker is about? I like Yahtzee so it interests me. Thanks

At its core, Pine Tar is about making poker hands (two pair, full house, etc) with five cards using up to two extra deals. You can choose to keep cards around and replace other cards on each deal. There are usually ~12 hand types you can score, if you can't score anything the game is over. As you play, you can use your winnings to buy items that give you an edge and transition your play from pure luck to more skill b…

Thanks for the reply. Looks good!

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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I run two side projects atm but they are both becoming more and more the main job. I am building a Zillow for Europe [1]. The real estate market in Europe is a big mess and for the past 10 years not much has happend so far in proptech because it was easy to rent/sell properties. Now things are changing and I see a lot more supply coming on the platform. So far rented out 40 apartments doing around 3k in profit a mont…

I wish you success and soon. We're house hunting from the US for a house in France. We visit the target city quite frequently but you really have to be registered with every agent and then hope that they contact you if the right property comes up. The last two times we bought a property in the US we found them via Zillow.

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Threads like this one always baffle me. You have to think of the competitive landscape like a jungle. All of the creatures in the jungle are looking for food, and some have far more competitive advantages than you. If you find a food source that no one else has happened to stumble upon, would you scream out that you've found it? No. If someone is asking you, it's because they want to know how they can get what you ha…

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post #253

I started Hacker Newsletter [1] almost 14 years ago and sent out the 647th issue today [2] to 58k folks. It took over a year to break 1k subscribers and a few more years to get to that type of revenue. I could do a lot more with it and plan to one day, but really only focus on it a couple hours each week when I build the issue and talk to sponsors. 1: https://hackernewsletter.com 2: https://mailchi.mp/hackernewslette…

Hmmm... all the stories on the 647 sample issue are ones I had already read here on HN. So you are just curating the HN feed?

Yeah, all links come from HN (I use the API to pull them into my tool). I'm not just grabbing the highest voted items though, but rather a mix. Basically I'm taking the ~1500 posts that got at least 5 votes and picking ~70 for each issue. If you saw all 70 of those then you're on HN all the time and it probably isn't much use to you.

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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post #253

I started Hacker Newsletter [1] almost 14 years ago and sent out the 647th issue today [2] to 58k folks. It took over a year to break 1k subscribers and a few more years to get to that type of revenue. I could do a lot more with it and plan to one day, but really only focus on it a couple hours each week when I build the issue and talk to sponsors. 1: https://hackernewsletter.com 2: https://mailchi.mp/hackernewslette…

I don't have HN open all day so I love this newsletter. I'm also in Australia so sometimes I miss posts as they slide away during US work hours. Love your work

Thanks Dan, glad to hear it is useful. Mudmap looks very cool!

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

#480

Threads like this one always baffle me. You have to think of the competitive landscape like a jungle. All of the creatures in the jungle are looking for food, and some have far more competitive advantages than you. If you find a food source that no one else has happened to stumble upon, would you scream out that you've found it? No. If someone is asking you, it's because they want to know how they can get what you ha…

I’ve come across a number of people who are hesitant to share their idea because they’re afraid someone will “steal” it.

The idea is not the hard part. The hard part is building the software, building the customer base, building the automation processes, and doing all the business-things associated with it.

I’ll grant that if you say “Hey, this thing is actually a marketable product” that you’re reducing the cost of a potential competitor, but really there is so much work to do. Even if you can get a lot of it COTS, there’s still a lot of effort to be put in.

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