Ask HN: What’s your list of sideprojects?
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1. I made http://www.manypixels.co last week - a design service for bootstrapped startups (though we have one VC-funded startup on board). Currently generates ~$3k weekly revenue (though I only have one week worth of data).
2. Today I launched http://www.getremotejobs.co (You pay a fixed fee, we send you remote jobs) - I coded a few bots that actually search for job offerings which are likely to accept remote and got a lot of success with it as I was freelancing, so I decided to productize it and try to see if I could have some passive income with it! Currently 0$ income for this one but have not promoted it yet.
2. Today I launched http://www.getremotejobs.co (You pay a fixed fee, we send you remote jobs) - I coded a few bots that actually search for job offerings which are likely to accept remote and got a lot of success with it as I was freelancing, so I decided to productize it and try to see if I could have some passive income with it! Currently 0$ income for this one but have not promoted it yet.
How do you manage to create a product in one week and begin making ~3k a week? What is that process like?
Why would you start a new project if your current one is making $3K a week?
I'm not asking about starting a new one - but based on the wording it sounded like from inception of the project/idea to it being launched was 1 week. Seemed odd.
Not OP but I saw OP's post on Reddit /r/Entrepreneur Basically the first project is just a productized service which seems to be relatively hands off.
It's indeed hands off now (though I will be flying to Vietnam next week to meet with the designers).
Short answer: I just want to try to build cool stuff and make money along the way :-)
Short answer: I just want to try to build cool stuff and make money along the way :-)
I made a GTA V cover maker app right around the time when GTA V came out. The app allowed you to put your own images into a GTA V style cover (like this [1]. And here's a custom cover made with the app [2]). The challenging part about this was that there was no way to work with non-rectangular View on Android, so I had to draw everything directly to the canvas. Because of that there was also a lot of mucking around with low level bitmaps and matrix transforms. That was the first app I made when I was learning Android development.
Then I made a minimalist ToDo app for Android.
Next I made a public transit live timetable app to learn iOS, which was pretty much dead on arrival when I released it, as the local transit company released an app with all my features and more right before I released mine (I took way too long to release that anyway). Neither of those is in the Play or App store anymore.
Right now I am working on http://madewithreactnative.com where I interview developers and teams about their experience creating apps with React Native.
I’ve also had started other side projects, most of which have never seen the light of day however.
[1] https://media.rockstargames.com/rockstargames/img/global/new... [2] https://i.imgur.com/M7AesBj.png?1
Then I made a minimalist ToDo app for Android.
Next I made a public transit live timetable app to learn iOS, which was pretty much dead on arrival when I released it, as the local transit company released an app with all my features and more right before I released mine (I took way too long to release that anyway). Neither of those is in the Play or App store anymore.
Right now I am working on http://madewithreactnative.com where I interview developers and teams about their experience creating apps with React Native.
I’ve also had started other side projects, most of which have never seen the light of day however.
[1] https://media.rockstargames.com/rockstargames/img/global/new... [2] https://i.imgur.com/M7AesBj.png?1
1) http://officehourscards.com - Launched in Oct, digital and physical versions are selling pretty equally. It's for startup teams to prepare for their accelerator interview or just get together and learn more about their own product. Has been the most fun & most profitable project.
2) http://tinyhello.com - A gift site that started as a Fiverr gig that got really good feedback.
3) http://tkchecker.com - A simple WordPress plugin built in 2015 aimed at writers.
I think in total I've got around 20+ side projects, I've got a Slack app for volunteers that is the next to be finished. I try and use a different technology each time or at least learn something different.
2) http://tinyhello.com - A gift site that started as a Fiverr gig that got really good feedback.
3) http://tkchecker.com - A simple WordPress plugin built in 2015 aimed at writers.
I think in total I've got around 20+ side projects, I've got a Slack app for volunteers that is the next to be finished. I try and use a different technology each time or at least learn something different.
TinyHello looks beautiful. May I ask how you design (UI/UX) these side projects?
1) Order Link (http://www.orderlink.io/), 2017: Beta status, it is a web app and helps to process orders at events or in restaurants with mobile devices in real time. Guests can also order with their own mobile devices. Currently looking for real users and a way to ensure that people are really at the location.
2) SU Grabern (http://www.sugrabern.at/), 2017: Website of local football (some would say soccer) club, quite simple and minimal, but a lot of expansion potential.
3) Graberner GeschichteN (https://www.grabernergeschichten.at/), 2016: History documentation of my austrian community (video interviews), videos in german with english subtitles. Created with a friend, maybe we do another round in the future.
2) SU Grabern (http://www.sugrabern.at/), 2017: Website of local football (some would say soccer) club, quite simple and minimal, but a lot of expansion potential.
3) Graberner GeschichteN (https://www.grabernergeschichten.at/), 2016: History documentation of my austrian community (video interviews), videos in german with english subtitles. Created with a friend, maybe we do another round in the future.
https://suet.co (https://github.com/kehers/suet) - Detailed analytics and reporting for Mailgun transactional emails.
(2015) http://hasgluten.com, filtered list of gluten-free ingredients in 5 languages
(2016) https://priceeth.github.io, my dashboard to track prices
(2016) https://github.com/runwithmark/runwithmark.github.io, still running 1mi/day, but runkeeper closed their api
(2017) http://mempa.io, password manager, read more [1]
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[1] https://medium.com/@0x0ece/mempa-a-modern-deterministic-pass...
(2016) https://priceeth.github.io, my dashboard to track prices
(2016) https://github.com/runwithmark/runwithmark.github.io, still running 1mi/day, but runkeeper closed their api
(2017) http://mempa.io, password manager, read more [1]
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[1] https://medium.com/@0x0ece/mempa-a-modern-deterministic-pass...
1) Poe (http://getpoe.com)
Distraction free writing app for Windows 10. Lots of neat tools for authors. planning to go cross-platform soon
2) Flatnote (http://roryok.com/flatnote)
Simple Evernote / Onenote etc alternative which stores your files as plain text / markdown files in a dropbox folder. Mobile versions coming soon
3) Various partially finished novels and short stories
Distraction free writing app for Windows 10. Lots of neat tools for authors. planning to go cross-platform soon
2) Flatnote (http://roryok.com/flatnote)
Simple Evernote / Onenote etc alternative which stores your files as plain text / markdown files in a dropbox folder. Mobile versions coming soon
3) Various partially finished novels and short stories
Plsm - https://github.com/jhartwell/plsm - An Elixir library to generate Ecto models from existing databases
I'm working on a few other things now that aren't ready. First is a site that allows you to test REST services from the browser. Think Postman but in the browser.
Second is an Elixir library for the Chicago Metra Rail API.
I'm working on a few other things now that aren't ready. First is a site that allows you to test REST services from the browser. Think Postman but in the browser.
Second is an Elixir library for the Chicago Metra Rail API.
https://www.niftyword.com A word exploration site that shows words often used together, derived words, related words etc
https://www.camerasforpros.com A site cataloging most recommended camera gear on StackExchange and Reddit.
https://www.camerasforpros.com A site cataloging most recommended camera gear on StackExchange and Reddit.
Since I am always trying to decide between various side projects to work on (and gadgets to choose from), I built a simple website that help me decide: https://HelpMeDecide.today
Not really finished because I got distracted with some other projects, but I will finish it one day.
Not really finished because I got distracted with some other projects, but I will finish it one day.
1) https://github.com/Ahnfelt/react4s
2) https://github.com/Ahnfelt/funk
3) 4) 5) a game, a language, a db
React4s is React for Scala.js - with automatic shouldComponentUpdate.
Funk is a toy programming language which has been described as “functional Smalltalk”.
2) https://github.com/Ahnfelt/funk
3) 4) 5) a game, a language, a db
React4s is React for Scala.js - with automatic shouldComponentUpdate.
Funk is a toy programming language which has been described as “functional Smalltalk”.
https://engineered.at
Feed Aggregator with HN/Reddit style front end. Haven't put much time into it since deploying 6 months ago, hoping to do some work over the holidays. Next step is summaries/excerpts from each post, and automated hash tagging using some simple machine learning.
Feed Aggregator with HN/Reddit style front end. Haven't put much time into it since deploying 6 months ago, hoping to do some work over the holidays. Next step is summaries/excerpts from each post, and automated hash tagging using some simple machine learning.
sup bros!
http://deadcoins.com - A list of dead crypto.
1) unfinished HN clone in Hack (probably dead)
2...n) Game dev projects in various degrees of disrepair[0], eventually leading to... something.
[0]https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/gamedevprojects/src
2...n) Game dev projects in various degrees of disrepair[0], eventually leading to... something.
[0]https://bitbucket.org/kennethrapp/gamedevprojects/src
https://rebrickable.com - A LEGO database that shows you which sets you can build from your existing collection, also includes thousands of fan-submitted designs.
I am looking to write blogs from the stuff I learn daily about learning a programming language called Clojure, simple hacks which I build and work on Open source stuff. I'm planning to learn designing as well.
https://logmyhours.com - Time Tracking & Invoicing. Hoping this one will replace my full-time job in 2018.
https://ipdata.co - a Free IP Geolocation API I've been working on the last few months
A service for monitoring cron jobs and scheduled tasks - https://www.cronalarm.com
1) YouTube Channel
2) Board Game design/publication/editing
3) B2B SaaS solutions for Education
4) Woodworking
#3 is the most profitable, but I'm less passionate about it compared to 1 and 2.
2) Board Game design/publication/editing
3) B2B SaaS solutions for Education
4) Woodworking
#3 is the most profitable, but I'm less passionate about it compared to 1 and 2.
What exactly in "B2B SaaS solutions for Education"
I work in Education. There are a surprisingly small number of vendors that are willing to do little projects in the space. When I hear "I wish we had something to do X", I take notes and come back with offers to build X. Recently, I've decided to make this my own Project as my employer is shuttering it's doors in 6 months.
tell us more about the board games!
I do work for Portal Games. We publish all sorts of awesome stuff, mostly from our CEO, Ignacy Trzewiczek. The rest of the team is in Poland, so I am the de-facto English authority. I write rules and such. Also, I manage all our US convention appearances.
https://bestfoodnearme.com food dishes by location.
1) Automotive Analytics web app
2) Open swimming (in lake) tracker for swim clubs (mobile web app)
1) Stock trading robots
2) see 1)
2) see 1)
Daily New York Times crossword.
2) https://mypost.io (2015)
3) https://notetoread.com (2016)
4) https://scamshare.com (2017)
5) https://callmeprivate.com (2017)
6) https://textmeprivate.com (2017)
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1) website dedicated to understanding jobs, careers, and the workplace ( kind of passionate about it )
2) a simple blog posting website that allows anyone to put up a webpage on the internet in minutes
3) a simple self-destructive note service
4) a place to call out scammers and expose their emails and methods for scamming people
5) call me private is great for individuals, entrepreneurs, startups, and businesses alike -- it is a virtual number service that helps you mask your phone numbers and look more professional (Show HN on 12/12: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15905375)
6) text me private is a SMS-only virtual number service that allows you to maintain your privacy and anonymity while being able to send or receive texts from whoever you want
i have about 5 more side projects in the works. instead of sleeping.. i am always working on something! it is what i do!