https://anycasted.io/
A niche product, I gather data about anycasted IP addresses and sell the database. No idea how to market it but it makes more than $500/month
Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
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#222I'm running a website for people learning Japanese and currently making ~$590/month from Patreon donations: https://jpdb.io/ This is an entirely spare-time project on which I've been working publicly for the past year. Here's some info about the tech stack I'm using: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26693959
Hi, if you're still around:
jpdb looks really cool, but will it work for somebody who is a complete beginner?
I want to learn Japanese, and intend to commit time to doing so sometime in the upcoming 2-3 months. However, right now, I'm literally at zero.
Is there somewhere else I should go to learn things like basic grammar and sentence structure first, or will jpdb help with that sort of thing too?
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#223https://hoppy.network Hosted WireGuard as a Service with static IP assignment.
What’s your server location?
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#224I've been making $500-1000/month on an iOS app for work time tracking – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flexishift-work-hours-pay/id11...
When I started the project, the category seemed quite crowded already, but I couldn't find anything good for tracking my hours in a flextime arrangement. I had no iOS experience at that time (I was a C++ developer) and now I do iOS development as my full-time job too.
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#225Earlier quoted context omitted.
The product is an "API to generate images on the fly". How would you create an API with no backend?
Not the API, I meant this functionality of rendering text on image, can this be done in JS only?
Yes but then you can't post it to social media as easily. Unless you export it as an image from JavaScript.
This is good for social media managers that want to automate a lot of account posts.
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#226I make this e-paper calendar: https://shop.invisible-computers.com/products/invisible-cale... It syncs with Google Calendar. To be fair, I currently does > 500$/month in revenue not earnings . If it doesn't count let me know and I will delete my comment. EDIT: I am currently out of stock sadly. If you want to be notified when I am back in stock, you can leave your email here: https://forms.gle/tNcCcYrNBu5nWKgJ9
Oh my gosh, I love this. I even love the name. My fiancé and I were even talking about how we wanted to move the house towards more "invisible technology" (magic mirrors, things like this, maybe the Frame TV if we get a good deal and figure out a good spot for it, etc)
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#227I make about $50k/mo on https://www.closingcredits.com I found that most teaching platforms for voice actors out there are run by a bunch of celebrities who are pushing edutainment, not education. So I wanted to make something specific for voice actors. I will try to branch it out to other creators later.
The discussion around this thread got my attention, and you've gotten a fan. Looking forward to reading through your blog posts.
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#228I'm working on an event based stock portfolio/investment tracker. Currently at 10k MRR. https://stockevents.app Edit: Just noticed this thread was merged/resubmerged? Now I have a duplicate answer here. :-/
How do you monetize? Ads? Subscriptions?
Yearly subscription. Some users asked me to make it free and serve ads, but I refused. I wanted to make it ad free with regards to privacy.
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#229I built an iOS sex tracking app, Nice.
There were no sex tracking apps on the App Store that weren't focused the menstrual cycle, so I built my own. It now includes cool features such as syncing across iCloud devices, location recording, STD/STI tests, and most importantly, stats!
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#230im an embedded software developer, and would love to get a side hustle going. does anyone on here do embedded development freelance? are there any embedded developers that have a side hustle going, that wouldnt mind sharing what they do?
I know the guy (well know online) who made these altimeters for the rocketry hobby.
https://flightsketch.com/store/catalog/flightsketch-mini_1/
he went from idea to prototype in 6 months i think. Pretty amazing if you ask me.
Edit: oh i was just looking at the images scroll by and saw a screenshot. I did a rework of the mobile app for him, i totally forgot about that. (i used ionic)