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After 10 years, Yelp gave my app 4 days
Original EnglishI started the app 10 years ago there was no paid API (perhaps there was some kind of "enterprise" version but I'm not sure). …
Spotube: Open-source Spotify-Youtube client
Original EnglishI didn't start my career making 40k and go "OK great, now I'm off to San Francisco/NYC!!" I moved more west as my income grew.
Show HN: OpenFreeMap – Open-Source Map Hosting
Original EnglishIt's not an income like you'd get in a FAANG job, but still, I'm running it for making a living.
Free Postgres databases for small projects
Original EnglishI went from $0/month to $450 the next because of their stupid per-unit pricing and hidden API calls.
Social engineering takeovers of open source projects
Original EnglishHere are a couple of examples of fake channels I have saved from a few years ago:
Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Original EnglishI tried Google Adwords in June but Google decided to cost me upwards of $5/click for basic keyword targeting so gave that up.
Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around
Original EnglishThe main advantage of freelancing for me is that I am paid for every minute I work and not more.
How Silicon Valley CEOs conspired to drive down tech engineer wages
Original Englishthe capitalist pig has been fully paid for, and from then on, in perpetuity, there is nothing but $2000/month in profit that goes strictly into …
Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?
Original EnglishSo the year they were wrote (first book came out May 2015, second book in Dec 2015), I made $15k profit.