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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

#201

I got annoyed that my MacBook case would slightly buzz when plugged in, so I worked with a factory to make these grounded Apple adapters: https://www.amazon.com/Grounded-Duckhead-Apple-Mac-Adapter/d... They've been selling consistently to others annoyed by the problem or who want to ground their MacBook for other reasons.

Glad they are selling for you. It's a known issue, so I just went to the Apple store and since my MacBook was brand new, they gave me a three-prong adapter for free.

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

#203

I run https://bonusbuddy.app . Online casinos in the US will give you daily bonuses of $0.50-$1 just for logging in, and I built a Chrome extension that automatically collects the bonuses for users every day for a bunch of different casinos. I charge $20/mo and users make roughly $200/mo in bonuses (trying to adhere to the software must provide 10x value philosophy).

Would this work for someone outside the US using a VPN?

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

#205

I launched https://www.builtatlightspeed.com/ in early 2023. I’ve been involved in the Jamstack, static site generator, template ecosystem for many years. Built At Lightspeed is a template marketplace focused on ssgs and “modern frameworks” Sales have been entirely from Affiliate sales, mostly via the Lemon Squeezy affiliate program. Its doing about $400usd/month. I recently launched sponsors and the initial interest…

Some links 404 like https://www.builtatlightspeed.com/theme/tailus-ui-astrolus-p...

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

#206
post #187

I got annoyed that my MacBook case would slightly buzz when plugged in, so I worked with a factory to make these grounded Apple adapters: https://www.amazon.com/Grounded-Duckhead-Apple-Mac-Adapter/d... They've been selling consistently to others annoyed by the problem or who want to ground their MacBook for other reasons.

I know it grounds inside the brick but does the connector have a third pin?

The adapter connects the outer metal part of the connector for both USB-C and Magsafe to to ground, thus grounding the metal shell of the MacBook.

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

#207
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I have a serious question to those making money and I am hoping to learn here. How did you acquire customers? We have a startup going on for 3.5 months but it is incredibly hard to acquire customers. People don't respond to email or LinkedIn. We have not tried SEO and Ads yet.

Build an audience first, then build the product that they want.

Seems akin to “to be a billionaire, start with a million”. Are there any decent resources out there related to growing a genuine audience? Shitposting on Twitter seems to be a skill I never picked up.

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

#208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The app is built with Tauri

Could you please explain how did you make the UI of the application very modern and startup vibe. I am really into UI like that and I have no idea how its built. this is beyond bootstrap UI, is it true? I geniuely thought after looking at the screenshot, I would need to learn Swift and understand how apps are made in Mac to make an app to look like that. My background is in Java and C Sharp. Looking at Microsoft UI f…

It’s all built based on tailwind ui and shadcd ui

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

#210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am unable to use Google SSO: > proseable.com has not completed the Google verification process. The app is currently being tested, and can only be accessed by developer-approved testers. If you think you should have access, contact the developer. If you are a developer of proseable.com, see error details. Error 403: access_denied

Oh that's odd... are you accessing the web app through a regular browser like chrome, safari, mozilla, etc. ? I know the Google SSO does not work if you access the web app through something like Facebook's built in browser.

It was just Chrome on MacBook
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