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From $0 to $20,145.92 in 2 months with a side project

32 points by bengtan 6y ago

throwaway12757 6y ago
These themes look pretty sweet. also it's nice to see that I can theme Firefox/atom/npp/terminal to all look the same. The price mentions wallpapers? did you make some?
- bengtan 6y ago
  Me? No, I didn't write them. The topic matter has no connection with me. I just posted because I thought others might find it interesting.
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artembugara 6y ago
From $0 to $20,145.92 in 2 months with a side project (after 10+ years of experience doing what he's done)
- quacked 6y ago
  "Build this beautiful dining room table for only $150! First, take your $600 table saw..."
- appleiigs 6y ago
  Well, that’s how it usually goes. You can’t go $0 to $20K if it was quick and easy. Doctors, lawyers, accountants... welders, electricians, all spend years of education and apprenticeship to make money. The good part i think is him partially monetizing his work. Free theme still available.
- grawprog 6y ago
  Which is pretty realistic as far as these things go. 10 years experience is what it takes to really understand most things enough to do your own thing successfully with it. That's what gets left out of a lot of these kind of things and success stories in general, the multiple years of experience behind them that usually remains unmentioned but it's probably just as important, if not more important that the actual work done for the success.
- kingnothing 6y ago
  This is not surprising. The average entrepreneur is actually 40 years old when launching his or her first startup--and the average age of leaders of high-growth startups is 45 years old. https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/attention-millennials-average-entrepreneur-is-this-old-when-they-found-their-first-startup.html https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/attention-millennials-ave...
wonderlg 6y ago
As a non-sales person I find it hard to believe anyone would spend $49 for something that is only very slightly different than dozens other high quality and free solutions. But apparently people did. And that’s why I didn’t make $20,145.92 in 2 months.
- ecf 6y ago
  I feel this is going to be a trend going forward with the big name text editor + ide syntax themes. For another example, look at Monokai which also released a paid “Pro” version. https://monokai.pro https://monokai.pro
phaemon 6y ago
In the fine HN tradition of picking fault with every article: "It took me a while to realize that money is not evil, money is oxygen." No, money is like food: you need it to survive, but when it becomes your reason for existing, that's pretty sad.
HomeDeLaPot 6y ago
I found this claim on the Dracula site interesting: "By having the same color scheme across multiple apps, you reduce the time it takes to switch context between tasks." Mightn't it be easier to context switch between environments that differ more? E.g. your work email in Outlook vs your personal Gmail?

32 points by bengtan 6y ago

These themes look pretty sweet. also it's nice to see that I can theme Firefox/atom/npp/terminal to all look the same. The price mentions wallpapers? did you make some?

bengtan 6y ago
Me? No, I didn't write them. The topic matter has no connection with me. I just posted because I thought others might find it interesting.

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artembugara 6y ago

From $0 to $20,145.92 in 2 months with a side project (after 10+ years of experience doing what he's done)

quacked 6y ago
"Build this beautiful dining room table for only $150! First, take your $600 table saw..."
appleiigs 6y ago
Well, that’s how it usually goes. You can’t go $0 to $20K if it was quick and easy. Doctors, lawyers, accountants... welders, electricians, all spend years of education and apprenticeship to make money. The good part i think is him partially monetizing his work. Free theme still available.
grawprog 6y ago
Which is pretty realistic as far as these things go. 10 years experience is what it takes to really understand most things enough to do your own thing successfully with it. That's what gets left out of a lot of these kind of things and success stories in general, the multiple years of experience behind them that usually remains unmentioned but it's probably just as important, if not more important that the actual work done for the success.
kingnothing 6y ago
This is not surprising. The average entrepreneur is actually 40 years old when launching his or her first startup--and the average age of leaders of high-growth startups is 45 years old. https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/attention-millennials-average-entrepreneur-is-this-old-when-they-found-their-first-startup.html https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/attention-millennials-ave...

wonderlg 6y ago

As a non-sales person I find it hard to believe anyone would spend $49 for something that is only very slightly different than dozens other high quality and free solutions. But apparently people did. And that’s why I didn’t make $20,145.92 in 2 months.

ecf 6y ago
I feel this is going to be a trend going forward with the big name text editor + ide syntax themes. For another example, look at Monokai which also released a paid “Pro” version. https://monokai.pro https://monokai.pro

phaemon 6y ago

In the fine HN tradition of picking fault with every article: "It took me a while to realize that money is not evil, money is oxygen." No, money is like food: you need it to survive, but when it becomes your reason for existing, that's pretty sad.

HomeDeLaPot 6y ago

I found this claim on the Dracula site interesting: "By having the same color scheme across multiple apps, you reduce the time it takes to switch context between tasks." Mightn't it be easier to context switch between environments that differ more? E.g. your work email in Outlook vs your personal Gmail?