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How to pick a side project strategically(nslookup.io)
1 points by pul 4y ago|0 comments
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by pul 4y ago
Ruurtjan from NsLookup.io here. Would love to hear your feedback, since you probably can name a thing or two to improve :)
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by pul 5y ago
You've got a couple of options: 1. Ads through Ethical Ads or Carbon Ads. This is what I have with nslookup. It's at $500/month on these volumes: https://plausible.io/nslookup.io 2. An exclusive ad deal with
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by pul 5y ago
Hi HN, Ruurtjan from nslookup.io here. Ask me anything. I'm also happy to give feedback on any side project (idea) you're working on.
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How to pick a side project strategically(nslookup.io)
2 points by pul 5y ago|4 comments
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by pul 5y ago
Now also works on their authoritative DNS servers again: https://www.nslookup.io/dns-records/apple.com#authoritative
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by pul 5y ago
> Think the best we can do is just try to accept that feeling and do the best to achieve the financial needs necessary to keep going. I think so too. Thanks :)
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by pul 5y ago
In all fairness, Mullvad also shows as 'protected'. I think I'll add a pop-up on hover that explains what 'unprotected' means, and how a VPN helps.
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by pul 5y ago
About 7000 people per day [1]. Because they either - Don't know you can do it from a command line - Don't bother remembering the order of arguments - Want to see all record types in one go instead of repeating the command for eve
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by pul 5y ago
What would make it more useful, less parasitic and less slimy?
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by pul 5y ago
It's a stale list (checked into git) of the top 1m sites according to alexa.com, back when it was still maintained. Will need to update it to https://tranco-list.eu/ some time.
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by pul 5y ago
Yes. I'm on Carbon ads for the first, and I've partnered with NordVPN and ipinfo.io for the second. ~400 USD/month at the moment for nslookup.io. Stats are open: plausible.io/nslookup.io The end game for that site is to
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by pul 5y ago
Not sure if this is what you mean, but I 'switched' from an ML consultancy to entrepreneurship. I now build and market my own projects ([1], [2]) and try to gain enough ad revenue to replace my former salary. Started 1.5 months ag
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by pul 5y ago
> conveniently For many people it's more convenient to do DNS lookups on nslookup.io than googling the syntax and order of dig arguments, opening a terminal and entering it themselves. Plus, it can be convenient to get an overview o
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by pul 5y ago
If you like these kinds of stories, check out indiehackers.com. I took a lot of inspiration from them, and was part of the reason I made the jump.
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by pul 5y ago
I'd be surprised if it was caused by adding the DNS record, and not for example you visiting the test site. In any case, sooner or later those attacks will come, so omitting a DNS A record won't cure it.
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by pul 5y ago
I’m not yet making a living and it took me years to get to this point. I think I’ve got a reasonable shot to make a living off this now, though.
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by pul 5y ago
Thanks Jason, I appreciate it :)
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by pul 5y ago
Right now, it's just a glorified Dig wrapper. I'm slowly adding features that Dig is missing, like IP information (through ipinfo.io), favicons and logos. > Congrats though, great looking site and it's super snappy. Good t
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by pul 5y ago
Maybe I should have stuck with it for longer, or just made the site better. The idea was that the official Gazelle site listed their dealers behind a postal code search form, that couldn't be indexed by search engines. So I scraped it
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by pul 5y ago
I think you have a pretty good idea on how SEO works. I try to do multiple things, and hope some of them bear fruit. 1. This very blog post is part of the SEO effort. A temporary influx in traffic, a couple of backlinks, and a larger follow
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by pul 5y ago
What are you working on? Please reach out on Twitter to join our web tool makers community :) https://twitter.com/Ruurtjan
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by pul 5y ago
That's really cool! I'm following you on Twitter to see how you approach it :) It's a similar problem space to what I'm doing with nslookup.io, but you've chosen a different angle. Super interested to see how it wor
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by pul 5y ago
> which already exist (nslookup) so there is a proven demand but you made a cleaner solution. 100% this. I've completely moved away from trying to be novel. Pick a solution that is profitable, but you think you can improve. Execute
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by pul 5y ago
I run ads on nslookup.io (400 USD/month) and an API (100 USD/month). Stats are here: https://plausible.io/nslookup.io
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by pul 5y ago
> I understand the author probably can't reveal exact numbers I do :) Here they are: https://plausible.io/nslookup.io Last month was exactly 400 USD from Carbon Ads. It does depend a lot on ad placement and target d
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by pul 5y ago
You're the second to misinterpret that, so I'll reformulate to make it clearer. I did project Euler exercises as a learning project.
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by pul 5y ago
If you're interested, here's how Uber solved it for their internal tooling: https://h3geo.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PutOhe8HVNU
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by pul 5y ago
Thanks for the validation :) Crazy that lack of frustration can be a differentiator.
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by pul 5y ago
I guess you're right.. And indeed, browsers fight back: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-pro...

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