Comment by vsnf
2 years ago
These threads, along with the related recurring Show HN solo-founder success stories often seem to either be some form of newsletter/social publication, or analytics platform. I wonder if that's just the natural limit of what teams of 1 can feasibly accomplish, but I do wish there was some more variety in what people were successful with.
I am one of those building an analytics platform.
The reason: out of the tens of projects I tried, this is what customers wanted and were willing to pay for.
It's not even easy to build, it's a lot harder and more complex than some niche-specific tools.
I still do have many other projects, and constantly try new stuff, but this is what worked for me, it was not really my choice, it just happened.
Something different for your consideration: I run a website about German bureaucracy full time. https://allaboutberlin.com/
Thank you for setting this up, it was incredibly helpful when I moved to Berlin
And a lot of the projects, at least in this thread are not passive or even side projects. They're being reported as full-time projects.