5 side projects in 6 years, earning $0

Post by tpetry » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 5:56 AM UTC

pm wrote: post #118

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #79

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This has been my experience. I'm working on an app that will be released in the next few months (we don't have a definite ship date, yet). It's based on two servers that I wrote. One, I wrote eleven or twelve years ago, and has become a world standard; but only in the last three years. Since it's a specialized demographic, the numbers are quite small, for "world standard." The other server is one that I wrote, about…

I'm working on social software at the moment, and when I explain it to potential users, they seem to love the concept (which gives me confidence), but truthfully I don't know if will live up to expectations. I've found it best to downplay any potential success in my own mind so that I'm not disappointed if it doesn't take off. I hope your launch goes well; your comments are always insightful and glad to have someone…

Post by hvasilev » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 6:04 AM UTC

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #75

What's the genre of the "planetoid" game called? I remember many games like this, both open source and flash, but can't find any of them and don't know if there's a name for the genre.

Post by pytlicek » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 6:08 AM UTC

conradfr wrote: post #78

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Absolutely agree with you, 5 users here, 5 there and you will have hundreds in 1 year, 500 after 2 years and so on... This happened to me with my side project hostbeat.info. I have started it bcs some of my friends wanted this kind of service. Then I have realized that I can do it as a multi-user SaaS. I was expecting thousands of users in the first month, still don't know why :) (perhaps I made it free of charge?) M…

So, do your friends use it? :)

Post by ergocoder » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 6:12 AM UTC

6510 wrote: post #17

ergocoder wrote: post #11

For every remoteok.io which is a single PHP file and makes $100k a month, there are 1000 of failed job boards. I suppose this is the reality.

There it simply becomes a marketing project not a software project.

Post by f6v » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 6:25 AM UTC

unobatbayar wrote: post #147

guessbest wrote: post #134

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He needs to make ten times as many applications/solutions at least in the same time frame. His ratio comes to less than one project a year and across different markets. In fact he doesn't even release but two of the projects mentioned. The product startup world moves a lot faster than that. "How I failed 5 side projects in 6 years"

Exactly. It needs to become a habit so that he can release at greater velocity. Regulary thinking about new ideas and the writing code 1-2 hours everyday is ideal.