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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by drodil »

konschubert wrote: post #10

I 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

I made one too with inkplate. The software is open sourced. More details here: https://link.medium.com/DeyY5FlcXmb

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by RustyConsul »

buf wrote: post #167
nati0n wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dug a little into your background, read some of your posts. Appreciate the different perspective with "Choose Money First." I think a piece of that will stick with me forever now, just because it hit a little different. So I guess just.. thanks for the thoughts.

Thank you! In person I'm a bag of laughs, but on text I really come off as aloof, so it feels good to read that someone was impacted by something I wrote. I've got so much more that I'm afraid to publish. Might have to reconsider.

Your writing style is entertaining and inspiring.

i'd love to read more of your work so i say do it! if not, rhoades.lorenzo@gmail.com and i promise not to share them ;)

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by conqrr »

motyar wrote: post #2

https://bruzu.com API to generate images on the fly. Sample https://img.bruzu.com/?a.text=HN3

I've been thinking of building something similar in the past. Did you use Imagemagick or similar for the backend or is it AI based?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by xvector »

nice_scott wrote: post #229

I built an iOS sex tracking app, Nice. https://nicetracker.app/ 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!

Wait, people have enough sex with enough different people to make this worthwhile? Damn, I'm missing out.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by DantesKite »

buf wrote: post #139

I 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.

On your website you say you were pardoned out of a felony conviction. What was it for?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by cooldrcool3 »

askhn000 wrote: post #231

I sell repackaged open source software on AWS Marketplace and Azure Marketplace and offer support as part of the monthly software cost. It's the same software but the Azure offer sells a lot better. Monthly income is about $1000 from both. Very few support requests come in, so it feels like mostly passive income. All I have to do is answer the occasional ticket and keep the images up to date.

Thats awesome! Do you just rebrand the opensource software?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by c_ma_gee »

AussieWog93 wrote: post #291
c_ma_gee wrote: post #268

My wife always compained that there was no suitable time tracking app for breastfeeding our little baby. Within three weeks I developed a simple app with proposals from her which fits her needs. After a few weeks using it we were suddenly overwhelmed with inquiries from our friends searching for such an app as well.. Within another week, I made it ready for the AppStore and the PlayStore and now it does around 400 €…

Any reason you haven't translated the page into English? Sounds like you've got a popular app!

Just didn't find the time to do it :-) But you are right - I should do it!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by evanlivingston »

joshgachnang wrote: post #226
konschubert wrote: post #10

I 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)

Recheck the frame tv. I wanted one until I realized it's just a thin tv thats motion activated to stay on/turn on and show a static image.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by RyanShook »

pyrrhotech wrote: post #278

Monetizing the algotrading models I've built over the last 2+ years: https://grizzlybulls.com I've traded them with my own capital successfully since April, 2020, and I've averaged 75%+ annual returns with much lower volatility than the overall market. My starting capital was small (500k) so in addition to growing with my own capital, I'm now providing the signals (3 free, 4 premium). 105 total members, MRR is curren…

Just curious, why sell your model if it's working so well for you?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by VectorLock »

konschubert wrote: post #54
tych0 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is pretty cool, though it would be nice if it worked with caldav instead of just google calendar :)

I think so too :D It's definitely something I am having in the backlog, but I cannot promise if and when it will be implemented.

I wanted to let you know that I find your approach to future features refreshing, in contrast to the typical over-promising you typically see.
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