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by sideproject 4y ago
I'm continuing with my project Newsy https://newsy.co A modern take on domain parking. I have ~50 un-used domains. I wanted to make some good use out of them instead of just parking them. So I built Newsy to convert them in
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by sideproject 4y ago
This is exactly what I thought of coming into this post! I think I actually saw this first nearly 20 years ago and boy oh boy things don't change much (or should I say, people don't change much)
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by sideproject 4y ago
I'm continuing with my domain parking tool Newsy https://newsy.co It's a modern take on domain parking (I know I know) that I'm using for my own ~50 domains. I will most likely also be re-working on SideProjectors
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by sideproject 4y ago
HN is already a "social" network, albeit with a limited set of features. But that "limitation" is what makes the site so engaging (a strong set of moderation rules also help of course). I'm building "Create you
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by sideproject 4y ago
Try something like Newsy https://newsy.co Which is a modern take on domain parking.
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by sideproject 4y ago
I have monetized ~50 of my unused domains via a tool I created called Newsy https://www.newsy.co All the domains I've purchased over the years, I haven't had time to develop them, but also didn't like the traditio
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by sideproject 4y ago
I started an indie side project marketplace in 2014 called SideProjectors. https://sideprojectors.com Back then Flippa was probably the only dominant online marketplace for digital businesses. It’s a big claim I know but I’m pro
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by sideproject 4y ago
I know there is still a tendency to choose Express as a de-facto standard, but I have been using Adonisjs more thesedays. For me it feels more familiar since it follows much of the Laravel principles and patterns, but I also like it because
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by sideproject 4y ago
I do something similar with a tool I made & use https://newsy.co It works great. I don't use Cloudflare email routing service but use something else. But I did a manual test with Cloudflare and it worked really well (th
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by sideproject 4y ago
Speaking of un-used domains, I had ~50 or ~60. I didn't like the old domain parking tools, so I created my own https://newsy.co It creates a content-aggregator site for your domain based on keywords important to your domain
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by sideproject 4y ago
This is anecdotal, but I've also seen several projects in my ~20-year career that ended up no where. And reading through these stories (and there are countless stories of these doomed projects) one cannot help but wonder the amount of
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by sideproject 4y ago
I'm... kinda super pedantic about.. names. So I love domain names. I spent hours and hours on my kids' names. I'm crazy when it comes to naming things like how to make good variable names and I could argue endlessly about nam
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by sideproject 4y ago
Would love to see the progress of this!
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by sideproject 4y ago
I recently moved to a Head of Engineering role and bought myself this book - https://www.amazon.com.au/First-Days-Updated-Expanded-Strate... - "First 90 days". It... helped. Nothing was really a surprise, but it d
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by sideproject 4y ago
The statements made in the article are simplistic. Sure, it may seem fullstack, but there is also a popular mantra "Focus on your strengths, outsource everything else". So, sure you have a marketing person, but now how many SaaS t
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by sideproject 4y ago
"Everyone wipes their butt the same way" I couldn't talk properly in certain situations. I was too self-conscious. That meant my communication was poor at workplace. I was too nervous presenting in front of execs and senior l
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by sideproject 4y ago
Unfortunately, my sites are still not ok. I'm getting HTTP 409 errors on some of the domains that CNAME to my Cloudflare domains. I've looked everywhere and I still cannot get this resolved.
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by sideproject 4y ago
Yesterday, I started getting HTTP 409 errors on some of the domains. It's still happening - wondering if this is related at all.
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by sideproject 4y ago
Working on Scholars https://www.scholars.io It's a free tool to read & review research papers together with your colleagues. You can annotate, draw and comment on papers you upload. It's a tool that I wish I had wh
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by sideproject 4y ago
I run a domain tool called Newsy ( https://newsy.co ) so I have a plenty of domain squatting stories. - A pretty famous one - gail.com - people mis-typing gmail.com but it gets a lot of traffic! - I once hosted none.com.au domain
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by sideproject 4y ago
I try to keep things very simple + boring for Newsy ( https://newsy.co ) - Linode Ubuntu - Vue - Laravel PHP - PostgreSQL - Tailwind That's it. Keeps me focused.
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by sideproject 4y ago
He was a tutor in one of the CS subjects I took at Uni of Melb (I think it was Computer Graphics? not sure now). He was just way too smart - one of those true computer scientists. He spoke well, he was detailed and thorough. Wish his family
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by sideproject 4y ago
The fascination around North Korea and its leaders is understandable. I grew up in South Korea in the 80's and we just lived with "it" constantly (as people still do). I remember when I was in primary school, you will find th
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by sideproject 4y ago
Submit it and see what type of responses you'll get! https://www.sideprojectors.com
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by sideproject 4y ago
A few ways. - I post my projects on SideProjectors - https://www.sideprojectors.com - it's a marketplace for selling side projects, but you can also showcase yours as well. - I use Newsy - https://newsy.co - and
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by sideproject 4y ago
Which is why it's a perfect reason to post it on a place like SideProjectors - https://www.sideprojectors.com - for someone else to take it and productize it!
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by sideproject 4y ago
How are you differentiating? https://www.sideprojectors.com :)
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by sideproject 4y ago
Domainy.io - lets you search (and monitor) for domain names that either become available or registered. It also lets you quickly search for available domain names related to - baby names - animal names - planet names etc etc via templates.
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by sideproject 4y ago
I code outside of work, because my goal is to one day to run my own business and I want to test my ideas and validate. So the reason why I code is oriented around that goal. My day job is good. I enjoy it. But I choose to pursue my goal. An
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by sideproject 4y ago
There is a reason why there exists an entire "landing page industry" because there is a level of science and art mixed into building it. If you think it's visually stunning without being informative or just pure information w

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