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Actually I suspect the real answer is: Because it's not as much fun. S3stat pays my rent, and it took a weekend to build. It's dead boring, but there's a mark
by jasonkester 18y ago
Actually I suspect the real answer is: Because it's not as much fun.
S3stat pays my rent, and it took a weekend to build. It's dead boring, but there's a market for it so people pay money.
Blogabond is still fun to play with 4 years in, was technically hard when I built it, and thousands of people use it and love it. When I tried putting ads on it, it brought in maybe two bucks a day.
So yeah, boring stuff makes you money, even if it's not that difficult.
- run4yourlives 18y agoThat's a very good point. As a side note, my goodness please tell me you're putting more time and effort into S3Stat. I think you are seriously undervaluing it. Dressing it up with something prettier than webstats would, in my mind help you pay for a lot more than rent. Good work.
- csytan 18y agoSeems like you managed to find some time for fun while working on S3stat :) http://www.s3stat.com/web-stats/cheap-bastard-plan.ashx http://www.s3stat.com/web-stats/cheap-bastard-plan.ashx
- ericwaller 18y agoThat's actually a great idea for a simple, low-tech affiliate scheme
- aaroneous 18y agoI had no idea S3Stat was made by someone on HN! I've been a customer of your nifty service for about six months now. Good to hear I'm doing my part to put a roof over the head of a fellow hacker ;]