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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 rolandpeelen »

upcoming-sesame wrote: post #286
rolandpeelen wrote: post #223

I made https://konfig.xyz/ after making about 6500 images for a product configurator. Instead of using images, we use 3d models. Initially quite simple and for use with relatively flat scenes (ie - no tree like structure for options / scenes) but grown over time to sort of support those too. The main use case are fixed-in-size products that can be customize-able. So colours and materials, but also swapping one object…

Very cool, since there's no pricing, what's the ballpark cost of some of the demos on the website?

Ballpark is around 2k for the boat ones - give we have some cad models to work with. Depending on the complexity of the scene and options we usually have something online within a month after signing off

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Post by normie3000 »

ipaddr wrote: post #295
nspeller wrote: post #116

I built an interactive Music Theory course 8 years ago over a winter break and it continues to bring in enough to pay my rent each month. I just thought there had to be a more intuitive way to learn music theory than the very boring and jargon-heavy alternatives. It uses Tone.js to include little interactive pianos, guitars, and other demos. I've done no marketing, it hit the HN front page for a day, and after that i…

After seeing your landing page I finally understand what a landing page should be.

For me if shows:

> Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).

I'm on phone so can't check the error right now.

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Post by alfalfasprout »

protocolture wrote: post #320

The gist I get from this thread is that if you have something on the cards you should just commit to it? How much is just survivorship bias? I have like 4-5 side hustles being worked on at any one time, but I rarely ship for various reasons. Lots of people in this thread seem to have just gone and done it without thinking. How often does that pay off?

Honestly more than you'd expect. Even my less successful ideas paid off at least a few hundred bucks. The more successful ones tens of thousands/yr.

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Post by Jabbs »

registeredcorn wrote: post #279
Jabbs wrote: post #30

https://www.unlistedjobs.com/ Scraper of job listings directly from company websites. I found my last day job by using a scraper that visits company websites in search of job listings. Now I've turned it into an app for others to use and access jobs that are posted on company websites (rather than paid employer ads on Indeed or wherever). This gives the job searcher an advantage to find jobs not listed on job search…

Here's a bit of feedback: * Job listings for "Quality Assurance" and "QA" are split into different listings in Job Search. * I really like the green highlight for Salary range! Personally, I would sort by jobs that list salary first, then by location (or relevance, or whatever). * The filter was a little confusing to use. I see you talked about it with other users in here. It needs some love, but it's getting there.…

This is great feedback, I'm very appreciative!

Yea there is a much better version of the search bar soon-to-deploy (which accounts for aliases like QA -> Quality Assurance) and it will match by word rather than the entire phrase (currently "software engineer" will not query "software test engineer"). Appreciate the callout here

You can find a toggle switch for "has salary" under the "other" filters which will show only those w salary, but good call perhaps that should be part of a sort feature (beyond just date)

The filters do need more love for sure. I like your examples for various metrics displayed in the UI. I did think it would be cool to have a Github-like array of squares that represent units of time with colors that show how it has been changing over time, would have to figure out how heavy of calculations those would be in real-time but I really like your idea here. Or a line chart might be better.

Many thanks for all the input!

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Post by Cannabat »

wesvance wrote: post #205

I built https://explorehere.app to help you learn about the history of the world around you by sending a push notification whenever you pass a new historical marker on your travels! It’s a freemium app with a pro subscription for advanced features; our revenue is just under $1k/month. We’re working towards ExploreHere being a passive adventure guide. As you go about your travels ExploreHere will nudge you about inter…

I'd love to use this but there appears to be no coverage of my country. Any plans to expand coverage to other regions?

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Post by abtinf »

nspeller wrote: post #116

I built an interactive Music Theory course 8 years ago over a winter break and it continues to bring in enough to pay my rent each month. I just thought there had to be a more intuitive way to learn music theory than the very boring and jargon-heavy alternatives. It uses Tone.js to include little interactive pianos, guitars, and other demos. I've done no marketing, it hit the HN front page for a day, and after that i…

> I built…over a winter break

This site is extremely well done. You built it, and all of its content, in a couple weeks? That’s amazing.

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Post by joseppudev »

itslennysfault wrote: post #101
thdxr wrote: post #73

we sell coffee from the terminal ssh terminal.shop will do 6 figures in revenue the first year - not bad for a side thing!

That's wild. I saw this when you(?) posted it a while back and assumed no one would want this. No offense, but it doesn't make the coffee taste any better...... unless it does............? Anyway, glad you're seeing success.

it is like belle delphine's bath water, but for nerds

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Post by wartijn_ »

timmit wrote: post #212
passwordreset wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tradesinsight? Plural? Because tradesinsight is a DNS not found, but tradeinsight.info will notify me when Nancy pelosi and other Congress members trade. Always make sure you get that name right.

My bad, TradeInsight without s. :( Maybe this is why I didn't get customers, keeping typing it wrongly. :(

The plural version is still available. Might be worth it to buy that one.
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