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Ask HN: Share one man boring internet businesses

76 points by mr_o47 3y ago

Hello HN, What are some one man boring internet businesses you have encountered or know about

jmoak3 3y ago
I think http://projectionlab.com/ http://projectionlab.com/ is a one man show, love this for my finances. Even supports self hosting and data exfiltration, so if he ever gets bored I can use it where he left off
correa_brian 3y ago
Check out this guy https://twitter.com/staticmaker1 https://twitter.com/staticmaker1 He recently started https://boringcashcow.com/ https://boringcashcow.com/
- KomoD 3y ago
  That site managed to piss me off within a few seconds of visiting by shoving a modal in my face that could only be closed by clicking some small gray text
  - dalmo3 3y ago
    Welcome to Twitter. Ah, the other site also does that!?
luag 3y ago
I'm pretty sure that https://bazqux.com/ https://bazqux.com/ is a one man project.
- mr_o47 3y ago
  Looks hella cool and if you don’t mind me asking what’s the MRR and what’s the tech stack that powers it.
  - defrost 3y ago
    Boring site https://builtwith.com/ https://builtwith.com/ generates $14 million ARR. solo founder. has answer: https://builtwith.com/bazqux.com https://builtwith.com/bazqux.com
    - vshabanov 3y ago
      That's a completely bogus number. I wouldn't work a day job if I had $14m ARR :)
    - giantg2 3y ago
      FML
      - potta_coffee 3y ago
        Yeah, pretty much. I've failed at a dozen projects already.
    - mr_o47 3y ago
      Damn 14 million ARR that’s pretty impressive
  - turbosepp 3y ago
    https://bazqux.com/faq https://bazqux.com/faq says: Is BazQux Reader really written in Haskell and Ur/Web? Yes. I love to use the best tools available.
mattbgates 3y ago
https://notetoservices.com https://notetoservices.com Hi. It's me. I'm the problem. Thanks Taylor.
jmstfv 3y ago
I run one: https://notionbackups.com https://notionbackups.com Arose from the problem I and others had previously. Have been building it on the side, while doing consulting; finally went full-time last month.
nicbou 3y ago
https://allaboutberlin.com https://allaboutberlin.com I write about German bureaucracy for immigrants. I started in 2017, and went full time in 2020. When it gets boring I take time off and work on something else, or build software that supports the content.
- iamflimflam1 3y ago
  This really brings home the disaster of brexit to me. A lot of what you talk about is so much easier if you are part of the EU.
- avhirupc 3y ago
  You are a rockstar man ! Thank you soo soo much for the website! Berlin owes you lots of love
  - nicbou 3y ago
    Haha thanks! You have no idea of how much I appreciate it
jslakro 3y ago
I heard about https://tiiny.host https://tiiny.host from a podcast episode. A boring pdf hosting site that grew to offer more services. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dZUDBsZW9EOo2G61ZaTpM?si=WzK5TIp2SlCFtAJcsIXuyw https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dZUDBsZW9EOo2G61ZaTpM?si=W...
omgmajk 3y ago
I feel like this is the future I want as well. So I guess I'll just start building something and see if it sticks.
animesh 3y ago
Listen Notes - https://www.listennotes.com https://www.listennotes.com Associated podcast episode: https://www.listennotes.com/blog/the-boring-technology-behind-a-one-person-23/ https://www.listennotes.com/blog/the-boring-technology-behin...
rozenmd 3y ago
I built a service to check if websites, APIs and web apps are online, or not: https://onlineornot.com https://onlineornot.com
- james-revisoai 3y ago
  I've seen you comment before on related threads; congrats The question that always comes to mind is, how do you get distribution and reach the market? There seem to be so many competitors.
  - rozenmd 3y ago
    personally onboarding folks seems to help a fair bit - they then tell their friends, and OnlineOrNot supports more use cases as a result

76 points by mr_o47 3y ago

Hello HN, What are some one man boring internet businesses you have encountered or know about

I think http://projectionlab.com/ http://projectionlab.com/ is a one man show, love this for my finances. Even supports self hosting and data exfiltration, so if he ever gets bored I can use it where he left off

correa_brian 3y ago

Check out this guy https://twitter.com/staticmaker1 https://twitter.com/staticmaker1 He recently started https://boringcashcow.com/ https://boringcashcow.com/

KomoD 3y ago
That site managed to piss me off within a few seconds of visiting by shoving a modal in my face that could only be closed by clicking some small gray text
- dalmo3 3y ago
  Welcome to Twitter. Ah, the other site also does that!?

luag 3y ago

I'm pretty sure that https://bazqux.com/ https://bazqux.com/ is a one man project.

mr_o47 3y ago
Looks hella cool and if you don’t mind me asking what’s the MRR and what’s the tech stack that powers it.
- defrost 3y ago
  Boring site https://builtwith.com/ https://builtwith.com/ generates $14 million ARR. solo founder. has answer: https://builtwith.com/bazqux.com https://builtwith.com/bazqux.com
  - vshabanov 3y ago
    That's a completely bogus number. I wouldn't work a day job if I had $14m ARR :)
  - giantg2 3y ago
    FML
    - potta_coffee 3y ago
      Yeah, pretty much. I've failed at a dozen projects already.
  - mr_o47 3y ago
    Damn 14 million ARR that’s pretty impressive
- turbosepp 3y ago
  https://bazqux.com/faq https://bazqux.com/faq says: Is BazQux Reader really written in Haskell and Ur/Web? Yes. I love to use the best tools available.

mattbgates 3y ago

https://notetoservices.com https://notetoservices.com Hi. It's me. I'm the problem. Thanks Taylor.

jmstfv 3y ago

I run one: https://notionbackups.com https://notionbackups.com Arose from the problem I and others had previously. Have been building it on the side, while doing consulting; finally went full-time last month.

nicbou 3y ago

https://allaboutberlin.com https://allaboutberlin.com I write about German bureaucracy for immigrants. I started in 2017, and went full time in 2020. When it gets boring I take time off and work on something else, or build software that supports the content.

iamflimflam1 3y ago
This really brings home the disaster of brexit to me. A lot of what you talk about is so much easier if you are part of the EU.
avhirupc 3y ago
You are a rockstar man ! Thank you soo soo much for the website! Berlin owes you lots of love
- nicbou 3y ago
  Haha thanks! You have no idea of how much I appreciate it

jslakro 3y ago

I heard about https://tiiny.host https://tiiny.host from a podcast episode. A boring pdf hosting site that grew to offer more services. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dZUDBsZW9EOo2G61ZaTpM?si=WzK5TIp2SlCFtAJcsIXuyw https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dZUDBsZW9EOo2G61ZaTpM?si=W...

omgmajk 3y ago

I feel like this is the future I want as well. So I guess I'll just start building something and see if it sticks.

animesh 3y ago

Listen Notes - https://www.listennotes.com https://www.listennotes.com Associated podcast episode: https://www.listennotes.com/blog/the-boring-technology-behind-a-one-person-23/ https://www.listennotes.com/blog/the-boring-technology-behin...

rozenmd 3y ago

I built a service to check if websites, APIs and web apps are online, or not: https://onlineornot.com https://onlineornot.com

james-revisoai 3y ago
I've seen you comment before on related threads; congrats The question that always comes to mind is, how do you get distribution and reach the market? There seem to be so many competitors.
- rozenmd 3y ago
  personally onboarding folks seems to help a fair bit - they then tell their friends, and OnlineOrNot supports more use cases as a result