Analyzing 9 years of HN side projects that reached $500/month
After analyzing 9 years of HN side project posts, I found some counter-intuitive patterns about what makes projects profitable.
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A Directory of 500 HN Side Projects
hnsideprojects.comI loved this recent "Show and Tell" thread about side projects posted on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42373343 It inspired me to build a mini directory that aggregates over 500 side projects posted to HN since 2017.
I scraped every Show HN from the last 12 months (41,301 posts) plus the full comment tree of every launch with 10+ comments, ~100k comment timestamps, all from the Algolia HN API.
I cloned HN to make a simple portfolio page
guycombinator.netI figured, "what better way to look at a list of (hopefully) inspiring projects?" The upvotes work and are globally synced.
A weekend project to visualize your HN usage in 2025
hn-summary.userjam.comGenerate your HN profile recap, analyze your top comments, and see which tech trends defined your year.
Quantifying opportunity cost with a deliberately "simple" web app
shouldhavebought.comBack in 2010, I had around $60k.