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Show HN: No More Google, privacy-friendly alternatives to Google products(nomoregoogle.com)
96 points by pieterhg 8y ago|33 comments
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by pieterhg 8y ago
https://simpleanalytics.io just launched and is exactly that!
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by pieterhg 8y ago
Not anymore. Only if it’s a Google Apps domain.
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Ghost turns 5 with $3M in revenue(blog.ghost.org)
3 points by pieterhg 8y ago|0 comments
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by pieterhg 9y ago
He just sold 150+ copies in the last day, I think he's doing okay
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Great stuff but this name really doesn’t work. Make it a name with positive connotations.
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Here's some cities from my site that are $<2k USD per month (so you can save some money), have fast internet >10mbps avg, and have many other remote workers there now: 1. Canggu 2. Bangkok 3. Phuket 4. Chiang Mai 5. B
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Show HN: How early can you retire if you move to another place?(nomadlist.com)
15 points by pieterhg 9y ago|4 comments
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by pieterhg 9y ago
I agree and I've mentioned this in the freely readable intro (to make sure people see that before spending money on a book): Then there's the entire survivorship bias, it assumes that what worked for me will work for you. But
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by pieterhg 9y ago
I don’t recommend N26. I was insulted on Twitter by their customer support staff after asking to close my account. I couldn’t close the account through their website or app but had to send a paper form to Germany! I wouldn’t call that an “i
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Sorry but that’s bullshit. Been like this for years. Ironically you share your avatar on Medium writing this! Robot mod asked you 4 times, Grum asked you 6 times over DM. There’s plenty of cases where we’re wrong but this is definitely not
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by pieterhg 9y ago
We require you to have a human profile photo as avatar. Moderators asked you 6 (!) times repeatedly to set an avatar and you declined as the message says.
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Haha I agree, this happens nowhere else.
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Yep. I spend about $1,500/month to live. Then there's Mapbox ~$500/month, SendGrid ~$500/month, and Linode $300/month. One part-time moderator as contractor $1,000/month, and part-time server guy as contractor
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Fixed now: https://hoodmaps.com . Moved to top right.
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by pieterhg 9y ago
In terms of money, if you just save enough and have low costs, it means potential financial independence. I think the most joy I get is from making, so I will continue that. Money was the goal in terms of me having to pay my bills, but the
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Costs and tax goes off but my profit margins is somewhere from 80% to 90%. Mostly server, mail and map costs.
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Thanks!
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Oops! That wasn’t on purpose. I have “by @levelsio” on most of my projects on the bottom right corner: see https://nomadlist.com and https://remoteok.io . I’ll try moving the map attribution to left tomorrow or move t
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by pieterhg 9y ago
I agree and observe the same. I honesty do it because I want to show you can build a business without venture capital funding, and do it as an indie (and in my case solo) maker with a strong disregard for hip tech stacks and frameworks. I s
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Good point and I agree! I posted revenue first because it’s easier to collect the data. I’ll be importing costs from several sources (like PayPal, bank etc) in the next few days and adding it to my open revenue dashboard: http://
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Yes exactly. Also why would anyone need more than $50k/m? Even if you have a family?
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Not sure where I’m being a “bastard”? I answer most replies, many of them odd questions about tech stack when the whole point of the original tweet is that tech stack is irrelevant here.
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Confused what does Nomad List have to do with this post or site?
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What I learnt by shipping for 100 days straight(levels.io)
1 points by pieterhg 9y ago|0 comments
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“a single PHP file called ”index.php“ generating $2,342.04 in a day”(twitter.com)
16 points by pieterhg 9y ago|2 comments
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by pieterhg 9y ago
You don't understand. I live for stickers on Telegram. It's an essential part of communication for millions. This is not a joke. Especially in Asia
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Doesn't work.
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by pieterhg 9y ago
No problem, thanks!
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by pieterhg 9y ago
Hold on. That’s not how I make money. I make my money bootstrapping companies like a remote job board called Remote OK (~$10,000/m) and Nomad List, a social network (~$20,000/m) and Hoodmaps ($0 still) that lets you find neighborh

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