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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

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Post by leipert »

jianzong wrote: post #122

I have been building an iOS net worth tracker app as a side project for more than 5 years now: https://www.percento.app I was an accountant for 3 years before I switched my career to be a programmer, then I kept coding for 10+ years in big tech companies and had always wanted to build a product on my own. Eventually, I found the niche to combine my finance knowledge and my iOS skills into this App and happily buildin…

Can I share data with my partner? I’ve been looking for a way to help my partner understand where we at money-wise.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

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Post by KellyCriterion »

parttimelarry wrote: post #17

Been doing a YouTube channel on Python for Finance for quite a while and make some affiliate revenue: https://youtube.com/@parttimelarry

Jesus, 130k++ subscribers, WOW!!!!

This is a huge success!!! Im also in this field, never thought that you could collect so many people on this niche topic!

If you say: some affiliates - think about getting a sponsoring partner for some B2B stuff, and speak the advertorial by yourself(!), one slot per one video/show. In my country we have a small but good&nerdy startup podcast run by two guys - they do advertising this way, mainly B2B tech stuff (accounting software etc.) - in an interview recently, they unveiled their numbers - per slot (20-25 seconds) they get 8k - 10k. And they have a couple of slots per month.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

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Post by laurentiurad »

I built and run several SaaS platforms:

- https://dave-bot.com -> a full-stack AI platform where you can generate videos, images, music, code, 3d objects with frontier Gen AI models.

- https://headsnap.io -> a platform that you can generate images of yourself based on 4 selfies.

- https://quantiq.live -> a service providing financial and historical data for stocks, as well as government trades.

- https://aivestor.tech -> an AI agent that picks small/midcap stocks and trades them using Alpaca API. It uses Reddit, news, polymarket, Google Trends and many other data sources to take investment decisions.

- @Polyglot_lingua_bot -> a voice-enabled Telegram-based bot that can help you learn new languages.

- https://select.supply -> a directory of carefully-curated and well-crafted products.

All of those allowed me to quit my day job and live a comfortable and flexible life. I still invest time in maintenance and adding new features, but I love coding, marketing and everything that comes with promoting and selling a SaaS (and I also have a serious addiction for Stripe notifications).

On top of that, I developed my own software agency where I help clients build and scale software (https://bitheap.ch).

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

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Post by dsincl12 »

We're a group of developers who worked together years ago. We meet a few times a year, but scheduling is always a hassle with endless back-and-forth trying to align everyone's calendars. Frustrated by this, I built Troviamo to solve it automatically. I know similar tools exist, but this one is modern and tailored to exactly what we needed.

https://troviamo.app

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

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Post by kobiguru »

It's just been a month since I set up a proper website, and I've already received my first $ 500 in a side gig. The jobs started before I set up the website.

I help businesses automate their admin work if they already use Google Workspace products using App Script and Typescript.

https://mereth.dev/

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

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Post by jianzong »

leipert wrote: post #131
jianzong wrote: post #122

I have been building an iOS net worth tracker app as a side project for more than 5 years now: https://www.percento.app I was an accountant for 3 years before I switched my career to be a programmer, then I kept coding for 10+ years in big tech companies and had always wanted to build a product on my own. Eventually, I found the niche to combine my finance knowledge and my iOS skills into this App and happily buildin…

Can I share data with my partner? I’ve been looking for a way to help my partner understand where we at money-wise.

ah sorry currently there is no share data feature although I've heard this feature request from time to time, I probably should consider implementing this later. The premium membership can be shared with family members though -- one purchase for all members.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

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Post by BeniBoy »

I designed a pocket music instrument. I partnered with a company in China called Seeedstudio, they do the manufacturing, shipping, customer handling, etc. and I receive royalties on each sale. I varies from month to month, but above the 500$/month on 2025 :)

I love to be able to focus on the design and not the practicalities of selling a hardware product!

https://minichord.com/

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