Made https://www.pdf.to since one day I had an issue with a PDF and figured why not since the domain was available. But because previous owner had it as a book torrent site, only gets traffic via Bing as it seems to be blackballed in Google
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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
#772I have built a managed platform automating HTTP API testing, at https://www.skybear.net. The core basis is to run your Hurl files. Automatic report persistence, scheduled runs, and multiple files supported with hundreds of requests per "run/execution".
Soon, I will be adding analytics, insights, and automatic test generation features.
I have been working for a year on it, and will keep working on it for many years to come, since I am using it myself a lot anyway.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
#773https://www.comicsmaker.ai
Its a service where users can create comics using AI generated artwork. Love creating art and writing software so it's a passion project for me. Haven't done any marketing yet, its mostly organic search traffic.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
#774I 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…
This makes me want to learn music even though I'm not a musician
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#775I 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…
Where you guys hiring in the past?
I remember reading a pitch for this site and the layout also looks familiar
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
#776I have built https://audiala.com which creates audioguides for historical and touristic places in cities all over the world. It brings a bit over $500/month in in-app purchases. I got the idea in 2023 as I was solo traveling Florence, Italy and thought it would be much nicer to listen to stories about the monuments around me instead of having to read a guide. There is also so much more to be done: next, my plan is to…
Super cool! I had a very similar idea recently: I wanted to have on-demand podcasts about one's surroundings as you explore a new place (also taking into account a small list of user interests). I did a prototype [1] with the OpenAI APIs but the generated results were too shallow and not as interesting. It seems you prepared it with more carefully curated content, smart. My city is covered by Audiala, will give it a…
Nice, I will check your solution too. I would also love to have NotebookLM available via API, it could be nice to generate podcast-like guides.
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#777I have created https://pikuma.com to teach computer science, retro programming, and mathematics.
I've taken already four of your courses and they are not "one of" the best, but THE best programming educational content I've ever seen. Thank you!!!! And keep drinking mate. :DDD
Thank you for the kind words. Also, I just want to clarify to others reading the thread that I'm drinking "mate" in the lectures (as in the south american herb drink), and I'm not just a drinking mate (as in the british expression).
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#778https://FreeSolitaire.win brings around $500/mo in advertising revenue. It’s a Klondike Solitaire PWA (progressive web application). I started making it in 2016 and I’ve been slowly iterating on it over time. It has stayed minimal & lightweight, on purpose. No framework, no cruft, no obtrusive ads. Fun fact: because it’s so lightweight, it was included in 2020 in Moya ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=n…
That's cool, even with 40% of players being from ZA, I'm guessing most of your revenue doesn't come from them? (unless the other 60% are even lower RPM countries) Curious what % of revenue they account for
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#779RankPic ( https://www.rankpic.info ) is an app to help users crowdsource their best photo. I've been building over the past 3 years & just recently monetized and crossed the $500/m mark through a Pro subscription. It's grown into a lovely community of people who help each other pick their best pictures for dating apps, professional photos etc. I've seen some pretty fun novel use cases, such as (multiple!) people usin…
I think "raters" should be able to skip because some categories are strange.
Like I just got "Category: Monster girls" with 2 pictures of anime.
I also got "Category: Dating" with 4 family pictures of kids (I reported this one)
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#780I'm making and selling a couple of LED pin badges on my site https://hortus.dev . I wrote about my experience doing these last year (previous hn post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38904255 ) and since then it has really taken off! Not enough to live off, but certainly enough to sustain itself and fund some more projects in the future. I never expected it to turn into anything more serious than a novelty…
How will you address the product safety issues related to coin cell batteries? We also manufacture STEM/edu electronics and have encountered product safety regulations concerning coin cell batteries in Australia. Similar laws were introduced in the US and Europe in 2023.
What are the regulations about exactly?