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In my day job, I'm a full-stack developer at an ad agency. Side Projects: Early next week, I'm going to be releasing an Android word game. Revenue-producing

• dhca78 11y ago
  Your revenue-producing side-projects are strangely inspiring. If you don't mind me asking, how do you market them?
  • sjs382 11y ago
    Mostly, I don't. In the beginning (for each) I found a few people asking on forums for software that solves the exact problem that these products solved, and then posted the software as a solution. Since the first few weeks, I haven't done any marketing at all—everything comes in via search, or referral traffic.
    • dhca78 11y ago
      That's cool! Thank you for sharing.
• itl12 11y ago
  What stack do you use for your projects?
  • sjs382 11y ago
    It varies a bit from project to project, but I usually start with a custom PHP MVC framework: GluePHP for routing, Savant3 for templates, and PHP-ActiveRecord as an ORM. I'm definitely someone who prefers to work with small, understandable modules with very limited scopes/responsibilities. I've recently considered polishing up the most-used bits and packaging it as a proper framework, but I probably need a kick in the ass (or even just a hint of interest) to do so. :) Artpacks.org strays from the framework a bit by using Backbone.js for the front-end. So does the game that I'm working on.