I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains

Post by withinboredom » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 10:23 AM UTC

parpfish wrote: post #139

lelanthran wrote: post #94

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What's wrong with a single domain and a $5/m VPS that keeps both DB and application on it? I ran a paid business app on a $5/m VPS. No complaints. If your $5/m VPS cannot handle some load, then that's when you upgrade it. And, TBH, at the point that your $5/m VPS is at 80% load on a paid product, you're already getting a few thousands of dollars of revenue from it anyway.

if i were just using a dataset to store user settings, i could get by with something tiny. but my problem is that my fun project ideas are usually some variant of "theres a huge dataset, lets build some fun dataviz on it". which is a problem because a) i need a big db to store that giant dataset and b) the db size doesn't scale with usage, so i can't just put it off until later

Post by jonplackett » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 10:29 AM UTC

ta12653421 wrote: post #197

jonplackett wrote: post #7

I have now reached the point where I won’t buy the domain name until I get a prototype ready. I’ve only bought one domain name since then and got the project out! I think the domain name is your reward for finishing your minimum viable product.

Thanks, you should have told me this 13 years ago, before I lost 10k+ in domain names :-D

Post by southernplaces7 » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 11:00 AM UTC

al_borland wrote: post #111

karaterobot wrote: post #96

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I don't think it has to be ADHD. I don't have ADHD, and none of my friends have it that I know of. We all start things we don't finish, though. I was going to post some of the more ridiculous domain names I've purchased for personal projects, before I realized I'd be doxxing myself. Too bad, there are some good ones. I think in many cases, we fail to finish projects because it's so much easier to start than it is to…

I didn’t think I had ADHD. Then I saw some video on autism that hit a little too close to home. I went and got tested, and just had them test for everything while I was at it, which included testing for ADHD. Turns out I do have ADHD. The more I learn about it, and autism, the more my entire life comes into focus. I have mixed feelings about finding this out late in life (early 40s). I do think there was a lot of val…

Post by christoph123 » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 11:41 AM UTC

jonplackett wrote: post #7

I have now reached the point where I won’t buy the domain name until I get a prototype ready. I’ve only bought one domain name since then and got the project out! I think the domain name is your reward for finishing your minimum viable product.

Post by emrah » Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 11:54 AM UTC