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Post by mikekoscinski »

nghiatran_uit wrote: post #48

If you have iOS/Android development experience, you can look at the Developer sector, which is relatively niche IMO. I've developed the iOS/iPadOS app, Proxyman for iOS [0], which gains steadily ~2k recurring revenue every month. Basically, it's an iOS app that helps you to capture and decrypt HTTP/HTTPS traffic on your phone. The app is needed if you need to inspect traffic from your app. Because it's an iOS app, pu…

Proxyman is great. It was essential to our development workflow for one of our user-facing products at my last job in healthcare.

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Post by agotterer »

artosispylon wrote: post #267
agotterer wrote: post #21

A friend and I host a monthly dinner club for people interested in ethnic cuisine. We work with a single restaurant each month to create an 8-12 course all inclusive price fixe menu. The food is served family style and is authentic to the region we are hosting. We typically host the dinners on a Tues or Wed when the restaurants in our region aren’t too busy and could use the extra business. So far we’ve hosted 12 din…

Where do you host it? At the restaurant itself or at your own venue?

At the restaurant for the monthly meals. We are also experimenting with a "chefs table" with a smaller more intimate group hosted in pop up locations.

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Post by outcoldman »

alberth wrote: post #204
outcoldman wrote: post #134

7 years ago I started a site project for forwarding logs and metrics from k8s, docker, openshift in Splunk. It is enterprise offering, and I started making money pretty quick. After 6 months I already made 40k, and quit my employer. Tight now this company generates 7 figures, and still run by me with one more person helping with accounting. https://www.outcoldsolutions.com Now I also started macOS development for the…

Is your pricing usage based on log volume? This helps hockey stick revenue but is also the #1 customer complaint since logs will always grow (no cap). Just curious how you hit millions in revenue with a 2-person company. I'm sure lots would love to hear more about your story (e.g. perfect write-up for IndieHackers.com)

We do the same offering as openshift/docker, based on CPU. So we help customers to forward less logs, and not to have impact on our revenue.

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Post by iambateman »

jameshush wrote: post #44
iambateman wrote: post #22

Depending on your goals, have you considered freelancing? If your purpose is cash flow, freelancing can quickly generate $2000++ with much less risk than starting a SaaS. That’s not to say starting a SaaS is a bad idea…but if pure short-term cash production is your goal, I’d consider finding clients who trust you to pay you hourly on the side. FWIW, I’ve started 2 SaaS companies with a collective revenue of $0, and m…

I’ve tried freelancing a few times, I never manage to make it work. The clients I find all end up paying less than a “normal” job so I end up going back to that. I’m working as a Solutions Engineer now. Its basically freelancing without sourcing customers and a consistently big pay cheque every month. Any tips on starting freelancing?

in my experience, the only thing that matters is who you know.

Being connected to the right business folks seems to be the key.

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Post by [deleted] »

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #293
rlyshw wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve thought about doing this, but a few reservations came up when I considered getting started with a family friend. I just pictured a contracted ”IT MANAGER” getting rabbit holed into some time-sink extreme; 1. Dedicated operational IT admin: Dealing with repetitive tasks+requests, like managing customer’s Microsoft environment and on-site infrastructure.. Owning physical and AD infra doesn’t sound like a part-time…

The word "no" can be very effective. Remember that you control the type of work that you take on. I have a small side gig building "controllers." By controllers I mean devices that are typically arduino controlled and use peripherals in the arduino ecosystem. They span a very wide range, but are typically very feature-limited. e.g., I have a client who is converting massage chairs to be pay-per-use. As you noted, it'…

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Post by well_actulily »

pcthrowaway wrote: post #162
agotterer wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I “think” I understand what you’re trying to get at. But it’s an unfortunate and limited perspective. Sure, New York isnt Thailand and the restaurant didn’t source their ingredients from a Bangkok market at 4am that morning. But that doesn’t mean the chef didn’t cook, study, or live in the region previously. So does that mean the only thing that makes a dish authentic is its local ingredients and there’s no credit gi…

While I disagree with the above poster's attitude, I agree with the point about food tasting different depending on where you are. Perhaps you can get relatively authentic Indian food (ignoring the variations in Indian cuisine for a second) in the U.S. and Canada, compared to India (I've traveled India for comparison). Because there are tons of import markets in both countries to get all the same ingredients. But Ind…

I encountered this with "Mexican" food in Germany, which—anecdotally speaking, uniformly tasted of Maggi-brand chicken bouillon.

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Post by koch »

pqvst wrote: post #109

Started AwardFares ( https://awardfares.com ) back in 2018. It's a search engine for finding flights to book using your airline miles. Started as a side-project, completely bootstrapped and self-funded. We hit $2k monthly revenue after about 1.5 years. Growth completely stopped during COVID, but is now growing very well (more than 10x that).

This is a good idea, I was just thinking if something like this existed the other day. Good domain name too.

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Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF »

Havoc wrote: post #297
darthcloud wrote: post #34

I've build BlueRetro [1] an universal Bluetooth controller adapter for nearly all pre-USB gaming console. I made a gross income of around 3K a month last year out of Royalties on the soft for each device sold. It's Apache 2.0 software so people can do whatever they want. I started making money when I decided to list on the GitHub README the list of manufacturers/makers that where sponsoring the project. (Only one per…

Interesting that people voluntarily pay. Write-up of bloggers doing the "buy me a coffee" button suggested to me that nobody pays like that. I guess software is a bit more tangible than a blog post even if both have value.

One difference I can see is the "buy me a coffee" button isn't a "these are the people who bought me a coffee" list. I imagine most of these sponsors (from their perspective) are paying for advertising.

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Post by roflchoppa »

yamtaddle wrote: post #239
FloatArtifact wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What controllers you would recommend for retro games with a great d-pad and buttons? I can't find anything that's even remotely close to native controllers especially for Super NES.

I've never managed to find a Wii-connector-to-USB adapter that wouldn't inexplicably die within six months, but the 1st-party SNES Classic controllers are basically perfect clones of the original. Ditto the NES versions they have. Wii Pro Controllers are also great and have a similar feel & quality, but with modern ergonomics (no rumble, though, so not great for e.g. Playstation games, and IIRC the triggers aren't an…

For d-pads on Xbox controllers, you can cut a cross out of an old plastic folder and wedge it between the plastic and the membrane for better feel. It makes the pad crispy. 10/10 all my old controllers have it, too bad no one to play halo3 with. :(
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