I had a recent side project, a pdf generator of sorts that I made to solve my own problem. I decided to try selling it, even though I was 100% confident that n

I had a recent side project, a pdf generator of sorts that I made to solve my own problem. I decided to try selling it, even though I was 100% confident that no one would buy it. During the first couple of days I’d also overpriced it, because I didn’t want anyone to buy it before I’d had the chance to fix a couple of bugs. To my surprise (and frankly, shock) people were buying it. I was sure that requests for refunds would start rolling in immediately due to the aforementioned bugs, but they didn’t. I eventually lowered the price and even made it free, because the money was immaterial to me and I’d already learned my lesson from this project. (I also felt guilty for not setting up the infrastructure to ship updated versions to buyers, so I took solace in the fact they could get them for free on their own.) I might go back to it, but the product is seasonal and doesn’t create recurring revenue so I’ll more likely be focusing on other things. I’ve never had a project that hasn’t generated at least some excitement in the relevant community, so I might just have a knack for these things. Too bad I only just realized I could’ve been making some money from it!