A similar thread was posted a couple of years ago. If you have any side projects that you've built and that you no longer have time for, I'm sure the HN community would have an interest in hearing about them.
A new form of text editor designed from the ground up for lower precision input devices (e.g. motion sensors, touch screens). Demo video at the url above.
I had issues using mouse and keyboard and gave up programming for six years until the concept behind this hit me. The actual software is an engine/framework for producing particular text editors (I figured I'd need to extend it to in a similar manner to Emacs, so that I could efficiently do, e.g., command line things too). It could also be configured to edit natural language documents for text editing on e.g. mobile devices and VR.
Editing and navigating documents is done, and there's a system built, but not yet attached to the UI, that is effectively a universal autocomplete: you give it an EBNF grammar for some language and it can list all grammatically valid options (that you could insert) from any point in a document. (I'm thinking of extracting and open sourcing that part. Not sure yet, though.)
I worked on it for a year and half, had an increase in medical bills and had to work more—haven't touched it much for a couple years. The copy on the website is oold.
I made this last year, but failed to build on the initial audience... There's no revenue, so any offer will be considered.
The site was launched in August 2015 and got 79,000 pageviews in its first month. It also got some media attention which has given the site quite good search engine ranking: it is a top-3 Google result for most of the relevant keywords and search phrases.
I can also throw in the domain BabyNameCheck.com. There's no site there currently, but you could easily reuse the word check back-end from WordSafety... Just make a new baby-themed design and it could be a site that any parent would want to check out when trying to decide a name.
(Edit: Please don't post word suggestions in comments - there's a form for that on the site :))
It seems like you could get at least a little monetization by combining it with a domain registration affiliate program.
The BabyNameCheck could also link to name popularity data to find names that aren't too common but also not too rare. Monetize with Amazon links to baby products.
I launched this a few years ago with great success (>$100k in a single day), but despite the content being highly valued by the folks that have gone through it, I've had a hard time getting it in front of people. It's very profitable, but I just don't have the time nor the marketing acumen to really take it to the next level.
Surprised that this is one here. Curious- how many folks are helping you run this? I'd love to chat about how my skills / experiences (sales, marketing) can help you out. Email me [hn_username]@gmail.com so we can talk.
It's just me on this one. Honestly, I'm happy with how much it's bringing in at this point ($1-2k/mo, with the occasional jump up if a company sends their whole team through) and not looking to put any more time into it. Outside of a few hours a week in reviewing coursework/exams and helping students, it's really just pure profit for me, but I think that someone else could do a lot more with it than I can (or am willing to).
It's just indexing data from other porn sites. Pretty much like Google, but accessible via a JSON API. I contacted you with more details. Make sure to check the spam folder ;)
Saas portfolio site for artists.
Launched Jan 2013.
0 Marketing.
5k+ users (not sure where they are coming from, not sure if they are spam accounts)
29 customers, but only 8 are currently active/billed.
Site exists on an AWS ec2 instance, mysql DB on RDS.
Application is split into three Laravel apps:
1) slidingboxes.com site
2) admin panel to manage portfolio
3) the portfolio itself
Stripe used for billing (via laravel Cashier package).
Ansible used to provision/deploy.
Local dev via Vagrant.
Source code managed via private Git repo on bitbucket.
Lets people organize secret santa gift exchanges via e-mail, including rules about who can buy for who.
At its peak in the holiday season, gets about 10k uniques per day. Close to a million people have used it since launch in 2011.
Very easily monetizable - just provide affiliate link gift recommendations. I had intentions of doing this so many times but just never followed through and got bored with the project.
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A new form of text editor designed from the ground up for lower precision input devices (e.g. motion sensors, touch screens). Demo video at the url above.
I had issues using mouse and keyboard and gave up programming for six years until the concept behind this hit me. The actual software is an engine/framework for producing particular text editors (I figured I'd need to extend it to in a similar manner to Emacs, so that I could efficiently do, e.g., command line things too). It could also be configured to edit natural language documents for text editing on e.g. mobile devices and VR.
Editing and navigating documents is done, and there's a system built, but not yet attached to the UI, that is effectively a universal autocomplete: you give it an EBNF grammar for some language and it can list all grammatically valid options (that you could insert) from any point in a document. (I'm thinking of extracting and open sourcing that part. Not sure yet, though.)
I worked on it for a year and half, had an increase in medical bills and had to work more—haven't touched it much for a couple years. The copy on the website is oold.
I made this last year, but failed to build on the initial audience... There's no revenue, so any offer will be considered.
The site was launched in August 2015 and got 79,000 pageviews in its first month. It also got some media attention which has given the site quite good search engine ranking: it is a top-3 Google result for most of the relevant keywords and search phrases.
I can also throw in the domain BabyNameCheck.com. There's no site there currently, but you could easily reuse the word check back-end from WordSafety... Just make a new baby-themed design and it could be a site that any parent would want to check out when trying to decide a name.
(Edit: Please don't post word suggestions in comments - there's a form for that on the site :))
The BabyNameCheck could also link to name popularity data to find names that aren't too common but also not too rare. Monetize with Amazon links to baby products.
https://www.lexical.io
totto is different in written form, but phonetically it's the same
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I launched this a few years ago with great success (>$100k in a single day), but despite the content being highly valued by the folks that have gone through it, I've had a hard time getting it in front of people. It's very profitable, but I just don't have the time nor the marketing acumen to really take it to the next level.
Well known API for adult content, hosted on the Google Cloud Platform. 0 seconds down time since about a year. Profitable.
Is the content itself scraped?
I didn't get many leads to keywords like rimming and rimjob, or they were irrelevant. For actresses it's perfect.
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https://www.sideprojectors.com
It's a marketplace where you can post and sell your side projects to those who might be interested.
Also a few months ago, there was a post regarding "tips on selling your side projects"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12254484
Reproduce: CMD+Click any project.
Saas portfolio site for artists. Launched Jan 2013. 0 Marketing. 5k+ users (not sure where they are coming from, not sure if they are spam accounts) 29 customers, but only 8 are currently active/billed.
Site exists on an AWS ec2 instance, mysql DB on RDS. Application is split into three Laravel apps: 1) slidingboxes.com site 2) admin panel to manage portfolio 3) the portfolio itself
Stripe used for billing (via laravel Cashier package).
Ansible used to provision/deploy. Local dev via Vagrant. Source code managed via private Git repo on bitbucket.
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Lets people organize secret santa gift exchanges via e-mail, including rules about who can buy for who.
At its peak in the holiday season, gets about 10k uniques per day. Close to a million people have used it since launch in 2011.
Very easily monetizable - just provide affiliate link gift recommendations. I had intentions of doing this so many times but just never followed through and got bored with the project.
How can I contact you ?
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Long running project. Team Management. Profitable with 100s of customers. 5 other sister sites, https://snation.com/, https://oarnation.com/, https://bullockingnation.com/, https://swimdecknation.com/, https://thatgreek.com/