Those making $1000/month or more on side projects – Show and tell

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Those making $1000/month or more on side projects &ndash; Show and tell

DamnInteresting · Accepted Answer

Most months I earn around a grand on https://www.damninteresting.com/ after I pay for hosting, subscriptions, residuals, author payments, etc. And that is 99% from donations, I refuse to host ads (and about 1% from occasional content licensing). I pour so much time into it that my hourly rate is fairly low. For me, it's not about the money, I just enjoy doing it.

yootyootr · Answer

Here's the 2023 thread for this, with links to the 2022 and 2021 versions:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34482433
And a separate thread on ideas generation:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33942558

chrisrickard · Answer

I built Userdoc (https://userdoc.fyi) a requirements management system for software projects.
After running a development consultancy for 8 years, I wanted a dedicated system for gathering and confirming requirements, and only syncing them with project management tools like Jira when they are ready (but keeping them in Userdoc as the living documentation and source of truth.
Things are going well, we have some large enterprise and government clients - and a two week experiment with AI back in January has lead to infusing AI into most aspects of the platform, which has opened up a lot of doors.

andrewstuart · Answer

I don&rsquo;t get why anyone would advertise their financial success when there&rsquo;s an army of copycats ready to jump in and get a slice of the action.

codegeek · Answer

https://cronhub.io (makes about $1200/Month revenue. About $200/Month in costs which I can optimize further but I don't have the time)I took this over from someone else over a year ago and work on it very rarely due to support volume being low and I have another business that keeps me busy full time. Tech in Laravel/PHP. If anyone is interested in helping, let me know.

is0tope · Answer

An question that interests me in all of these: How did you come up with the idea?

jurschreuder · Answer

Those are rookie numbers, I once made an app in 4 hours that made $1800 a month.Now my side project is making computer chips. The hobby is a bit more expensive than playing golf. But I guess hobbies are always expensive.

Those making $1000/month or more on side projects – Show and tell

Those making $1000/month or more on side projects – Show and tell

Here's the 2023 thread for this, with links to the 2022 and 2021 versions:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34482433
And a separate thread on ideas generation:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33942558

I don’t get why anyone would advertise their financial success when there’s an army of copycats ready to jump in and get a slice of the action.

An question that interests me in all of these: How did you come up with the idea?

Those are rookie numbers, I once made an app in 4 hours that made $1800 a month.
Now my side project is making computer chips. The hobby is a bit more expensive than playing golf. But I guess hobbies are always expensive.

Those making $1000/month or more on side projects – Show and tell

Those making $1000/month or more on side projects – Show and tell

Here's the 2023 thread for this, with links to the 2022 and 2021 versions:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34482433And a separate thread on ideas generation:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33942558

I don’t get why anyone would advertise their financial success when there’s an army of copycats ready to jump in and get a slice of the action.

An question that interests me in all of these: How did you come up with the idea?

Those are rookie numbers, I once made an app in 4 hours that made $1800 a month.Now my side project is making computer chips. The hobby is a bit more expensive than playing golf. But I guess hobbies are always expensive.

Here's the 2023 thread for this, with links to the 2022 and 2021 versions:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34482433
And a separate thread on ideas generation:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33942558

Those are rookie numbers, I once made an app in 4 hours that made $1800 a month.
Now my side project is making computer chips. The hobby is a bit more expensive than playing golf. But I guess hobbies are always expensive.