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Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by aramndrt »

abdullin wrote: post #22
mnky9800n wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What did you do before 2023 as a technical consultant?

I’ve been working in software since ~2004. Mostly working with startups as tech lead/team lead or full-stack. Half of these companies were about big data/data science. But applications of AI/ML always attracted me more :)

What about AI/ML attracted you more? I’m at a point in my studies, and I can either go down the big data route (more backend focused) or AI (frontend focused, i.e. how the computer interprets data), and I just can’t decide. Any insights would be much appreciated! :)

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by haaz »

nicbou wrote: post #49
vsnf wrote: post #17

These threads, along with the related recurring Show HN solo-founder success stories often seem to either be some form of newsletter/social publication, or analytics platform. I wonder if that's just the natural limit of what teams of 1 can feasibly accomplish, but I do wish there was some more variety in what people were successful with.

Something different for your consideration: I run a website about German bureaucracy full time. https://allaboutberlin.com/

Thank you for setting this up, it was incredibly helpful when I moved to Berlin

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by cultofthecow »

bsmith wrote: post #52
jameshush wrote: post #4

Out of all the side projects I’ve tried, the one that’s been the most lucrative consistently is buying boring index funds. I kinda wish I just doubled down on the boring route sooner .

Just a bummer that these index funds are unavailable to expats :(

fully available. your country of residence matters.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by rozenmd »

nicbou wrote: post #58
rozenmd wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ping success/failure is something I've been looking at - I'll add it to the backlog :)

In this case the server would be POSTing a status to you ("I'm not ok!"), not responding to a ping.

Yep, understood - will be adding that soon

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by em-bee »

HermanMartinus wrote: post #11

I’ve been running Bear Blog for a few years. It’s a privacy focused, super fast blogging platform, and is making well over $500/mo. It’s also a really fun tool to build and use, with a tight community. https://bearblog.dev

how did you promote this to find paying users?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by RileyJames »

pighive wrote: post #62
RileyJames wrote: post #28

I started SupeChoiceForm as a passive income project many years ago: https://superchoiceform.com.au/ It started as just a content site, with google Adsense. Making about $1200 per month from ~30k visits. It kept growing in popularity over about 2 years and I finally decided it might be worth some more effort. So I turned it into a web app that took an employee through the process of gathering/generating all the paper…

Your website looks really neat, what JS stack did you choose to build?

That website is built on rails, no js stack (beyond stimulus). Our newer, embedded version, is built on Elixir / Phoenix.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by RileyJames »

KomoD wrote: post #51
RileyJames wrote: post #28

I started SupeChoiceForm as a passive income project many years ago: https://superchoiceform.com.au/ It started as just a content site, with google Adsense. Making about $1200 per month from ~30k visits. It kept growing in popularity over about 2 years and I finally decided it might be worth some more effort. So I turned it into a web app that took an employee through the process of gathering/generating all the paper…

So is adsense no longer used? (cant see any ads at least) How does it make money now?

Correct. We dropped adsense as soon as we could. We now work with, and integrate directly with, the super funds themselves. Often it was those super funds that were advertising on the site via google adsense. We've effectively cut out google as the middle man. But we also now offer a lot more than advertising for the funds.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by coreymaass »

During the pandemic, I made an online version of the game Mexican Train ( mexicantrain.online ). It became popular in retirement communities during lockdown. Gameplay has dropped off significantly since, but I still have several regular players. It averages about 50 games/day and between $500 and $1000/month, all from donations.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by XCSme »

vsnf wrote: post #17

These threads, along with the related recurring Show HN solo-founder success stories often seem to either be some form of newsletter/social publication, or analytics platform. I wonder if that's just the natural limit of what teams of 1 can feasibly accomplish, but I do wish there was some more variety in what people were successful with.

I am one of those building an analytics platform.

The reason: out of the tens of projects I tried, this is what customers wanted and were willing to pay for.

It's not even easy to build, it's a lot harder and more complex than some niche-specific tools.

I still do have many other projects, and constantly try new stuff, but this is what worked for me, it was not really my choice, it just happened.

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