Revenue milestones and income reports
Builders sharing concrete MRR, ARR, monthly earnings, and user counts from side projects, from tiny ad income to beating their salary.
34%
Best tweets about Side Hustles
50 Best Tweets About Side Hustles (2026)
A curated collection of the sharpest, most-shared X posts about side hustles—saved so you do not have to dig through the timeline yourself. Updated every two weeks.
What people actually built on nights and weekends, and what it earned them.
- Creators
- 43
- Updated
Original Xholic analysis
What 50 top Side Hustles posts reveal
Across 50 posts from 43 creators, the side-hustle conversation is mostly supportive (50%) and positive (68%). The top-scoring posts are concrete income case studies, such as rank-and-rent local lead sites and a $30k/year magician directory. Alongside them runs a steady counter-current of caution: keep the day job until revenue is proven, guard limited hours, and treat distribution as the real bottleneck. Several posts credit AI coding tools such as Claude Code and Cursor with making nights-and-weekends builds feasible.
- Dominant tone
- Positive
- Median score
- 5.91
- Leading format
- Story
- Recent posts
- 12%
68% of posts
All-time engagement
26% of posts
Published in 90 days
Conversation map
The themes creators return to
Time constraints, focus and hidden risks
Realities of limited bandwidth, sacrifice, focus, risky franchises, failed hustles, course traps, and managing side income wisely.
32%
Audience building and distribution
Building in public, posting on X, email lists, and the view that distribution, not building, is the hard part of a side project.
30%
Keep the day job until it's proven
Advice and stories about not quitting the 9-5 too early: hit revenue thresholds, save runway, and use salary to de-risk building on the side.
26%
AI tools making building easy
Claude Code, Cursor, and similar tools letting non-developers and busy people rebuild or ship products on nights and weekends.
16%
AI-powered services for local businesses
Service side hustles like AI agents, social media content, blog writing, and agencies sold to small local businesses on monthly retainers.
10%
Niche sites, directories and local lead gen
Simple SEO-driven sites, paid directories, and rank-and-rent lead businesses targeting niche professions or small-city local services.
8%
Side projects that got acquired
Stories of side projects and side-hustle agencies selling to acquirers or via marketplaces, from micro exits to major acquisitions.
8%
Tone and stance
SentimentPositive leads
Author postureSupportive leads
Performance benchmark
- Median likes
- 32
- Median reposts
- 2
- Median replies
- 9
- Median views
- 2.4K
Posts with media make up 30% of this collection. Their median all-time score is 13.1, compared with 5.01 for text-only posts.
Format mix
- Story26% · score 5.90
- Opinion22% · score 3.06
- Case Study16% · score 12.4
- List14% · score 5.13
Consensus and debate
Where creators agree, and where they do not
Shared view
Keep the day job until revenue is proven
A recurring view (13 posts, 26%) is that salary should de-risk the build. Posters set different thresholds before quitting: replacing 60% of income, earning 2x salary, reaching $3K MRR with 12 months of runway, or being cashflow-positive. Others stress having savings first.
Shared view
Distribution, not building, is the hard part
James Camp says building software is the easy part now and distribution is the hard part. Other posts point to email lists, posting on X and building in public as the answer. One post argues that the hours after work spent building instead of distributing are what kill side projects.
Shared view
AI tools credited with letting busy people ship
Posts credit Claude Code and Cursor with letting non-developers and parents ship products on the side. Examples include rebuilding a dead deal-sourcing tool in about 2 weeks, building a magician directory, and shipping projects after a child's bedtime.
Open debate
Is X a side hustle or a full-time commitment?
Kevin Szabo takes two positions in separate posts. In one, he says X works as a writing side hustle if you keep expectations real. In the other, he says X cannot be a side hustle if you are serious about building an audience, and must be a top priority.
Open debate
Can service businesses really run on the side?
Some posts pitch AI services for local businesses as simple side income, such as AI agents, social media bundles and blog writing. Luke Pierce counters that consultants with full-time roles had the playbooks but not the bandwidth. In his view, side builds must rely on proven, plug-and-play offers.
Open debate
Focus versus many income streams
Paula Pant says she cut her side hustle and freelance work to focus on her primary business, and argues that focus matters. Others celebrate stacking several small revenue streams, or argue that a 9-5 and a side project can reinforce each other.
What performs
Patterns behind standout posts
Niche lead-gen and directories score far above median
This small theme (4 posts) has a median all-time score of 190.3, against an overall median of 5.91. The top outlier, Chris Koerner's rank-and-rent story about 132 local sites, scored 730.62, or 123.62x the median. The magician directory post scored 371.61.
Case studies score higher than opinions
CASE_STUDY posts have a median score of 12.42, compared with 3.058 for OPINION and 5.896 for STORY. In this set, concrete income breakdowns are associated with higher engagement than general advice.
Media posts score higher than text-only posts
Posts with media have a median score of 13.125, against 5.015 for text-only posts. Media appears on 30% of the set (15 posts).
Exit announcements score well
The theme of side projects that got acquired (4 posts) has a median score of 17.82. Pat Walls' post on Starter Story being acquired by HubSpot scored 366.07, or 61.94x the median.
Cautionary themes trail in engagement
The theme on time constraints and hidden risks covers 32% of posts, but its median score is only 4.09. That is the lowest of any theme, despite how often the topic comes up.
Statistical standouts
- View standout post 1Score 730.6 · 123.62× median
- View standout post 2Score 371.6 · 62.88× median
- View standout post 3Score 366.1 · 61.94× median
- View standout post 4Score 133.4 · 22.58× median
- View standout post 5Score 115.8 · 19.59× median
Creator landscape
Who shapes this conversation
The five most represented creators account for 20% of the selected posts.
1. Andrew Gazdecki
@agazdecki
2 posts
2. Alex Nguyen
@alexcooldev
2 posts
3. Alex the Engineer
@AlexEngineerAI
2 posts
4. James Camp 🛠,🛠
@JamesonCamp
2 posts
5. Kevin Szabo
@KevinSzabo14
2 posts
6. Slim
@onu_slim
2 posts
James Camp leads the multi-post voices
James Camp has two posts with a median score of 40.62. Both describe a deal-sourcing tool rebuilt with Claude that is being relaunched to his 15K+ email list. He pairs revenue figures with an argument about distribution.
De-risking checklists score well for Alex Nguyen
Alex Nguyen's two list-format posts on de-risking a startup as a side hustle have a median score of 32.24.
A dispersed field of creators
There are 43 creators across 50 posts, and the top five hold 20% of placements. No single creator dominates, and the biggest outliers come from creators with a single post in the set.
Since the previous snapshot
What changed since Aug 24, 2026
- 56% of the selected posts remained.
- The creator count changed by 0.
- The leading sentiment remained stable.
How this analysis was made
Themes, sentiment, stance, and post format are classified per tweet. All counts, shares, medians, creator concentration, freshness, and performance comparisons are then calculated directly from the published snapshot.
Xholic's all-time score compares engagement while accounting for reach, post age, and creator consistency. It is used for relative comparisons within this collection.
This report analyzes the exact 50-post snapshot shown below. AI identifies editorial categories and drafts explanations; all statistics are calculated from the snapshot, and every narrative claim is checked against cited posts before publication.
Best Side Hustles tweets
Top Side Hustles tweets from 43 creators
Ranked 01–50
- 01
@mhp_guy ·
I just interviewed a guy who did $192,500 in one month working 2 to 3 hours a week. 90% net profit margins. This one is getting me all fired up just writing about it! This guy had an HR job he hated. Tried every side hustle in the book. (sound familiar?) eBay Dropshipping Affiliate marketing Facebook ads all of them He finally landed on running an SEO agency for local businesses and started actually making real money. Then a client called him in the middle of the night to complain about his results. The results were stellar by the way... Luke woke up the next morning, fired every single client he had, and walked away from $108,000 in revenue. Then he flipped the whole business inside out. Instead of doing SEO for other people, he built the websites for himself. Ranked them. Owned them. And rented the leads back out to local businesses for a flat monthly fee. His first 6 sites got him right back to $108K a year. Small niches, small cities. Towing in Woodside, Queens. Carpet cleaning in Irving, Texas. Tree service HVAC Pest control Limo He now owns 132 of these sites. I'm so pumped up after this one. In this episode Luke: - Walks through his live playbook for finding a winning niche - Shows the Irving, Texas carpet cleaning site that has paid him $500 a month for basically 7 years straight - Breaks down exactly why he only targets cities of a specific population size - Explains the rev share pitch he gave his biggest clients This one was so good!
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@starter_story ·
I LOVE this simple $30k/year side project: - Problem: magicians can't get work - Solution: Simple online directory (built with Claude Code) - Pricing: $299/year to get listed - Validation: Sold 50 spots @ $99 (at launch the site) - Smart domain name: ranks #1 SEO (see image) - 103 magicians on the platform x $299/year = ~$30k/year REVENUE - Costs: Just $30/month to run - Started last year: $0 to $30K in 9 months - Recurring revenue !! Could be replicated for: - clowns - comedians - caricature artists - fire performers - dancers - speakers - mixologists - singers - event planners - fortune tellers - etc Just IMO needs to be super niche/specialized talent to work. https://t.co/kIPUQMrQs3
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- 622Likes
- 48KViews
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@thepatwalls ·
8 years ago, I started a side project inside of a tiny Starbucks. Today, Starter Story is being acquired by @HubSpot. Here’s how it happened.
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@thejustinwelsh ·
Please don't quit your job and go "all in". Find an hour each day to grow a side project. Replace 60% of your current income while trending in the right direction. Then make your move. Almost always a better decision.
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@EXM7777 ·
here's what i'd do if i had to start over from zero in the bank: - get a light job that covers rent and accept to live below my standards - start a side hustle: integrate very simple AI agents for local businesses - become absolutely cracked with AI along the way and use it into everything i do - grind my ass off for 6 months to save for the next move > move to vietnam, thailand, or malaysia > get a condo with gym and pool access > live well for under $1500/month while scaling my business eat healthy, workout daily and explore the country live a better life at low risk while still building something that sets you free forever
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@Big_E ·
Hot take: Some people just aren’t built for this creator shit… and that’s okay. I see a lot of creators in 2026 pushing back on basic things. “I shouldn’t have to repost to every platform.” “Multistreaming is stressful.” “It’s overwhelming.” The thing is, you’re right, you don’t have to do any of it. But if adding another stream source or taking 2 minutes to post to Instagram is your breaking point… You’re in for a rude awakening. Going full-time as a creator requires learning how to adapt and do more, constantly. Setting up a multistream will feel easy compared to: • Doing your taxes wrong and owing thousands you didn’t save for • Losing 50% of your income because you only monetized subscriptions • Watching a platform change the algorithm overnight This isn’t just “post videos and vibe.” It’s running a business. There is another lane though. You can create on the side, build a small community, make some extra income, and enjoy the process while keeping a stable job. Honestly, that’s the real dream for a lot of people. But social media has convinced a lot of folks to jump in the deep end before they even learned how to swim.
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- 432Likes
- 38.4KViews
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@JamesonCamp ·
A side hustle on track for $10-20K a month with 8 paying customers and zero marketing. That's where I'm at right now with a deal sourcing tool I rebuilt from scratch with Claude in about 2 weeks. I bought the original product a few years ago doing $500/mo. Grew it to $1,500. Then the scrapers broke. I'm not a developer so I let it sit dead for 2 years. Finally sat down and rebuilt everything from scratch. New data pipeline. New UI. Every feature. 21,000+ businesses in the catalog from 5 data sources. AI deal memos grounded in my own 144 point due diligence checklist from 5 real acquisitions. Comp valuations pulled from 5,270 real priced deals. 8 people paying $200/mo right now with zero marketing. The growth plan is simple: › Relaunch to my email list (15K+ subscribers) › Pay UGC creators to make content › Run paid behind whatever content pops › I already know every pain point from years in the acquisition space This is just a side project. Could scale to way more but it's not even my main focus yet. Building software is the easy part now. Distribution is the hard part. But distribution is for sale if you know where to look.
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- 7Reposts
- 164Likes
- 28.8KViews
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@denisyurchak ·
Don't quit 9-5 until your side hustle makes x2 your salary In the indie hacker community, I see constant propaganda of quitting your job and shaming people who stay employed and don't quit after their AI SaaS reaches $1 USD in MRR. I've been building products solo for 3 years. Now they make $15,000 (Skype alternative app @yadaphone ) and $5,000 (eSIM app @eSIMPalx) a month. I've worked as a software engineer for 5 years, and most of the time I've been building products in parallel with my day job. I quit my 9-5 last year, but immediately replaced it with long-term contracting (effectively a 9-5). I only quit freelancing and focused solely on my products 5 months ago. By the time they were making x2 of what I was getting in my contract, it made little economic sense for me to stay. Why I stayed so long: An internet business is a very unstable thing. If you build an API wrapper, your provider can block your account – your business is gone. If you have an AI company, Anthropic or OpenAI can replicate your features overnight. In marketing, if you rely on SEO, Google can blacklist your website – your traffic is gone. You use Reddit for marketing – your accounts can get blocked. And on social media, the algorithm can change, and suddenly your posts don't go viral anymore. You get the picture. Now, as a rule of thumb, if you manage to grow your business to x2 your salary, chances are you have several marketing channels working, and it has become relatively stable. Even then, it's good to stay employed and keep the two income streams as much as you can. The market doesn't care about your ego – but it's good to have extra cash for marketing experiments and runway to have more time for your biz if you get fired. With AI, it's absolutely possible to combine a business and a job. And you actually must learn to automate as much as you can – support, coding, marketing to AI. When you quit and work on your biz, there will be nobody to help you out, and you will need to wear A LOT of hats at once. If you have a well-tuned AI that can take over 70% of your tasks, you will have much more focus for things that can't be automated. I think quitting 9-5 too early is pure ego-feeding, and it will do your business more harm than good. So stay employed, stay in business, and print cash! 🤑
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- 4.4KViews
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@alexcooldev ·
How to de-risk your startup (so you don’t crash & burn): - Go Indie first, not VC first - Start as a side hustle - Keep your day job - Fund it with your salary - No debt, ever - Grow with organic marketing (X, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn) - Only go full-time once it’s cashflow-positive
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- 6.2KViews
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@lukepierceops ·
Spent my Friday on 7 calls with people who want help growing their AI agency or getting one off the ground. Two of them, put side by side, say a lot about this market. The first has a killer track record with startups. He was an early engineer and designer at companies that went on to get acquired. Now he's making $16-20K a month from a single client, working about 20 hours a week, and deciding whether to stay there or push toward $50K a month and put in closer to 40 hours. The second is a super successful consultant with 15 years of experience and Fortune 500 clients. He's been trying to build something on the side for about a year, but his 9 to 5 can really be more like a 7 to 11, and there's nothing left at the end of it. On paper, the first guy looks like he's running a side hustle, working 20 hours a week for one client. This only works because it's his whole job, and nothing else is competing for those 20 hours. I've had the chance to advise a handful of people at the big consulting firms who wanted to build this around their full-time role. They had the playbooks and knew exactly what to do. What they didn't have was the time to do it, and only two of them got it off the ground before realizing the lack of bandwidth. The reality is that doing this with what's left after a full workday is not easy, especially if you have a family. At the same time, this market is good enough right now that you can pretty much pick your number, as long as you're running proven playbooks and charging the right amount. The beginning is where time matters most, and the more of it you can give this early on, the better position you put yourself in (naturally). It can still work on the side, but it has to be built on stuff that's already proven and plug and play, so every hour you do have goes straight into getting clients. When you only have a few hours a week you don't get the luxury of testing and figuring it out as you go. Every day you spend testing is a day that big client gets pushed back, and when you're building on the side, you only need one or two of them to change everything.
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- 5.3KViews
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@abnux ·
years ago I built a lil side project for design inspo called @uisources hundreds of apps, recorded flows & screenshots curated manually just got (micro) acquired and it has been merged into https://t.co/LswCnqAcwp 🥳 cheers @VechAlex you guys have built a great product 🙌
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@alexcooldev ·
How to de-risk your startup so you don’t end up fail: - Indie first, not VC first - Build it as a side hustle - Keep your 9–5 as insurance - Fund it with your salary, not loans - Grow with organic marketing (X, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn) - Only quit when you’re cashflow-positive - Validate with real users before scaling - Charge early → revenue is the best proof - Build a painful “must-have” app, not a vitamin - Keep your MVP scope razor-thin - Cut burn rate to the absolute minimum - Automate or outsource what you can’t do well - Iterate fast → ship, test, fix, repeat - Focus on retention before acquisition - Avoid chasing vanity metrics (downloads ≠ success)
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- 9.1KViews
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@JamesonCamp ·
The easiest side business doesn't start with an idea. It starts with documenting what you already do every day. I posted 500+ pieces about buying internet businesses. Built 15K email subscribers just from showing my work. 600 people bought my workshops. That list has done over $1M in revenue. Wasn't even the point when I started it. Then I bought a deal sourcing tool, rebuilt it with Claude Code, and I'm relaunching it to that same list. Should do $10K/month as a side project. The whole playbook is embarrassingly obvious. Document, build the audience, sell the sawdust, let the sawdust tell you what to build next. Most people would rather brainstorm the perfect product for 6 months than just talk about what they already know.
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- 6.8KViews
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@KevinSzabo14 ·
X works great as a side hustle from your writing but keep expectations real. Build an audience with consistent value first then add affiliates and your own offers. An audience also builds leverage which is always good. Take it seriously but not as your only income.
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@brankopetric00 ·
My little side project is not that little anymore. Crazy to think it's now making more than my 9-5 salary. $3.7k MRR 234 paid customers 90k published posts via my app 🤯 Less than 1 year ago I started OpenTweet as a side project. At that time I was very active on X and I just needed a tool for myself. In February this year I released it and started doing marketing on X. Since then I tried million other things to make it work: - SEO / AEO - Marketing on other social media - DMs - Emails - Google Ads I feel like every bit worked in its own way and brought people to the platform. Today, more than 15k registered users It's helping businesses automate their social media presence I am not stopping here, I am planning super cool new features. It's just the beginning. (TrustMRR link below).
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@ClintFiore ·
About once a month I get a version of this call: - a business owner wants to sell their franchise business they bought into 2 years ago - it's growing in revenue, but losing money or barely breaking even on profit - they are a successful person that has a high paying job or better business elsewhere where they make their main income - they say, "I just don't have time to give this the attention it needs" - they say, "I just want out of it what I've got into it. The buildout alone was $300K." - they say, "the Franchisor isn't being helpful" - they say, "it's a great business. someone that could focus on it would do really well. it's been growing." They also always have an expensive lease they can't get out of, which makes it even harder for them to walk away and take the L. Sometimes they have some SBA debt too from the startup cost/buildout. I always say some version of: - "unfortunately this doesn't meet the criteria to sell on our platform. we need 3+ years in business and strong profitability of at least 250K/year." - "you may just have to close it down and do your best to sell the equipment and fixtures for what you can and take a loss on it. And check your lease and see what your options are." - "another option is if you have a good manager that can take over running it, as long as it's breaking even, and give them incentive to grow its profitability with a profit share % or something, that might work to keep it going and growing until it's more sellable. Or you could seller-finance it to them over time if you got real creative with the terms so they wouldn't be cash flow negative servicing the debt to you." - "or you can give it more attention, get it where it needs to be to be appealing to a Buyer, and call me back in a couple of years" Main lessons: - even if you're a successful businessperson already, don't assume you can start greenfield franchise businesses as a side hustle, no matter how easy the Franchisor makes it sound. These are real businesses that need real attention. - it's exceptionally hard to get it right with hiring a GM during the startup phase, and a lot to ask of a hired hand to take your business from "zero to one" for you. - franchises are riskier than you think. Much more risky. Most people just think of the franchise fee when exploring franchise options, but when you add up the franchise fee + buildout costs + operating capital needs to get you through the negative cash flow startup months/years + the total cost of the lease you sign up for and usually personally guarantee- the risk is actually a tremendous sum of money. Starting a franchise CAN be less risky than starting a non-franchise business from scratch as the business model and systems itself should be at least proven, BUT you still don't have product market fit at your specific location until YOU create it and prove it. And that's not easy. Which is why I generally encourage people to buy an established franchise business, with proven profits if they want to get in the franchise game, as your plan A. Yes you'll pay a lot more for it than a startup franchise, but it's 10X less risky. Then you can consider adding locations from there (buying out other established ones from retiring owners, or starting greenfield ones) from a solid foundation of cash flow and knowledge from running your established business for awhile first.
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- 97.9KViews
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@ldo_dev ·
How to build your first side project without losing your mind: 1. Solve something that actually annoys you - if you wouldn't use it, nobody will 😆 2. Skip the planning doc. Open your editor. Ship the ugly version first 3. Charge early. Free users just file bug reports and disappear 4. Use whatever stack you already know - boring and shipped beats fancy and stuck 🫡 5. Do your own support. Nothing teaches you the product faster 6. Build in public. Your messy journey is the marketing No fancy tools. No co-founder drama. No permission needed. Just you, a problem, and an embarrassingly basic MVP. Still figuring it out myself - but that's kinda the whole point 😉
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@marclou ·
I woke up to 2 new sponsors for +$2,998/month 🤩 So my 48-hour side project is now at $166,000 ARR! ❤️ Thank you @chargeback ❤️ Thank you @HypeProxiesio 3 spots are remaining for November
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- 34.4KViews
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@KevinSzabo14 ·
If you are serious about building an audience. X can’t become a “side hustle” People who are successful make it top priority even before the starting earning income. You WON’T see growth that you desire at the start And the truth is, neither do you deserve it. Personally, I was working 14 hours with my job and X on the side and took me 6 months to write full time. So if you want to start earning: Learn a skill Learn to sell Build your authority The secret to growing is ‘involvement’ You must be everywhere the platform has to offer. If this doesn’t change your mindset I don’t know what will.
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- 4KViews
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@TechSalesGuy ·
Two months ago my brother launched an NFL tool as a side project It just crossed 1M+ monthly users Making about $1,000/month So I joined him to help grow it 🧵
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- 25.8KViews
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@dickiebush ·
Ghostwriting is a *massively* underrated side hustle: • You get paid to learn • You get paid to network • You get paid to improve your writing skills I did this all under the radar while working my 9-5—helping me escape my job on Wall Street.
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- 57Likes
- 3.8KViews
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@JanuBuilds ·
My side side side project, @BoilerplateHub , currently makes $17.79 per day, just from ads. It's fully on autopilot! This is insane!!
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- 34Likes
- 1.6KViews
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@DeepakSIndieH ·
I’m 47. • Failed at 5 side hustles by 40 • Left my corporate IT job(18 yrs) • Built SaaS for a niche community • Reached $13k/month MRR • Earned $600k+ in 5 years. Today it’s around $5k/month passive. Still grateful. A few lessons learnt the hard way: • Audience matters more than ideas • Showing up daily compounds • Nothing stays forever.change is the only constant • Money helps you keep playing • Be kind to yourself and others - Joined X in Jan 2026 - 600+ followers in 2 months Now building mobile apps in public. • First Android app live • iOS version shipping soon If you are into AI,tech,mobile apps,startups, reply and let's connect!
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- 1Reposts
- 31Likes
- 826Views
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@onu_slim ·
How to use a N100k monthly side hustle to transform your finances If your side hustle makes N100,000 every month, don’t treat it like extra spending money. That N100k can completely change your financial position. I like maths so let me show you N100,000 * 12 months = N1.2 million a year. Now imagine you divide the N100k like this every month N40,000 for Investment N40,000 * 12 = N480,000 N30,000 for Emergency savings N30,000 * 12 = N360,000 N20,000 for Reinvest into the side hustle N20,000 * 12 = N240,000 Use this for better tools, marketing, equipment, learning or anything that can increase the income the hustle produces. N10,000 to Enjoy yourself N10,000 * 12 = N120,000 You don’t have to deprive yourself completely. Now look at what happened after one year Investment = N480,000 Emergency savings = N360,000 Business reinvestment = N240,000 Personal enjoyment = N120,000 Total: N1,200,000 And that’s without touching your main salary. Now imagine your N20k monthly reinvestment helps grow the side hustle from N100k to N150k monthly. That extra N50k is another N600,000 a year. This is why earning an additional N100k monthly can sometimes be more powerful than getting a N100k salary increase. The problem is that many people make N100k from a side hustle and immediately upgrade their lifestyle by N100k. More outings, clothes, Amazon Prime and Netflix subscriptions at same time. After 12 months, they earned an additional N1.2 million but have almost nothing to show for it. Don’t use your side hustle to finance a bigger lifestyle. Use it to build the financial life your salary hasn’t been able to give you. Your first side hustle should not make you look richer. It should make you become richer. Goodmorning
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@ShannonJean ·
I have sold over $12 million worth of high-end watches. Here’s the thing: I’m not in the watch business; I know nothing about watches. Hell, I don’t even wear a watch. This is a story of opportunity. Read along, and I can show you how I did it and how you can, too. I was buying consumer electronics returns from a company with which I had built up a ton of credibility over the years. I always bought everything they had. I always paid on time. I never complained about small problems. I knew the opportunity with them was good, and I didn’t want to screw it up. Opportunities handled well lead to more opportunities. After a few years of buying, I got a call from a guy in another division of this business. Let’s call him Bob. Bob: “Hey, John says you are reliable. We have a problem in another division, and I wonder if you would be interested in a different product line?” Me, as I utter the four most powerful words in my vocabulary: “How can I help?” It seems that Bob had lost a buyer of a unique product line: high-end watches. The company was worried about selling its customer returns to a new buyer. I wasn’t new. and I possessed a unique attribute: Trust I had put in the time, energy, and money to build a relationship with their consumer electronics division. Did I mention I know nothing about watches? I still don’t. But I figured I could learn. Step 1: Get the deal. The deals are the hardest thing to find. Money to buy and customers to sell to – easy. Well, easier. The challenge with this product line that I knew nothing about was that it was a firehose. An instant multi-million-dollar business that I had to open wide and take on with little knowledge. So what did I do? I went on eBay, naturally. I found every watch seller I could find and started reaching out to them. I spoke to 87 people before I got to one guy who didn’t think I was nuts. Dimitri had his partner fly out to my office the next day. I showed him some samples, and we agreed on a markup for my services. We shook hands on the deal. Dimitri sent a wire transfer, and I shipped him the product. We’ve done over $12M worth of business on that handshake. About that markup. Here’s another secret to success: let other people make money off you. Since I knew there was little risk, it was pretty passive, and the volume would be high, I didn’t need to make much on each item. I kept my take very small so Dimitri could put the time and effort into building a sustainable business. This allowed me to focus on my other businesses while this “side hustle” paid for my kid's private school, bought my cars, and more. The key takeaways here: Opportunities handled well lead to more opportunities. Finding the deal is the most important thing. The most powerful phrase in the world: How can I help? Give me a follow @ShannonJean if this post resonates with you.
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@RobHoffman_ ·
Today I’m CEO of 3 profitable tech companies, but at 25 this was my plan for getting rich: In Toronto, I bartended at a dive bar with a strip club in the basement. $300 a night. I got drunk with the patrons until 4am and high with my coworkers until 5. Then, I went home and wrote for major US news outlets that paid me $500 a piece for “hard hitting journalism” and political analysis. I was clearly far from a legitimate journalist but at least my bylines were. I interviewed Jordan Peterson once. I had a simple plan: save money, move somewhere cheap, and buy enough time to build a business. Once I had $10k saved I moved into a $50/month apartment in the barrios of Medellín. It had cracked concrete walls. No hot water. My next-door neighbours were gangsters who stole motorcycles, sold drugs, and partied until 5am. It wasn’t ideal working conditions but they never bothered me and the weather was nice. I tried building every business imaginable from that little apartment: A fitness brand. Niche affiliate sites. Nothing worked. I was plotting on how to get rich but had no idea how. Then I got a writing gig at a startup. The CEO had a comparatively worse drug and alcohol problem than me and since we couldn’t both be degenerates, I sobered up and grabbed the wheel. I stopped writing and started selling. I learned how business worked, spotted revenue opportunities, and willed them into reality. At some point I got promoted: $50k a year. I finally moved out of the ghetto. I've still never felt so rich. I went on to sell half a million dollars for the company that year. The next year I doubled it. It was like getting paid to go to business school: I funnelled every learning into slowly building a business of my own. The type of writing people pay for in the business world is called “SEO.” So I threw up a website, pulled together a team, and started selling. At first, it was just a side hustle. But one day my little agency crossed $1 million in annual revenue so I quit the startup gig and went all in. That’s how I went from a broke long-haired kid in a Medellín ghetto to a supposed “CEO.” Whatever that means. Now I have that title on my LinkedIn for three companies: two SaaS, one agency. All profitable, all growing. I couldn't have imagined any of it from that little apartment in Colombian gangland. Not the money. Not the companies. Not the person I’d become. Definitely not the yoga I do every morning and a life where drugs and alcohol play no part at all. All I know is I stayed delusional enough to believe it was possible and kept going. I hope this helps someone do the same. Keep going.
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@audiencon ·
4 things I did to escape the 9‑5: 1. Built a side project while employed 2. Reached $3K MRR before quitting 3. Saved 12 months of runway 4. Started posting daily on X (took 18 months, worth it)
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@richardokunolar ·
Some years back, I had a gig that almost made me resign from my Big 4 job. In my head, I had already calculated freedom, early success, and how I was going to buy my dream car. Then I spoke with my mentor, and that discussion gave me serious insight which changed the way I started thinking about business, income stability, and risk. I was asked a few simple questions, and I remember looking at myself thinking, “Wait... why exactly have I not thought about this before?” One of the questions was whether I had savings that could sustain me for a few months if no gig shows up. Then it dawned on me that there was practically nothing in the bank. He further asked me to look properly at the numbers. Yes, I had one fantastic month, but the truth was that I had not made anything close to that consistently for almost 6 months before then. This is the case for many others. They underestimate how difficult it is to start, sustain, and grow a proper business. A business is not simply an idea that generates money from time to time. There are systems to build, operations to manage, clients to retain, finances to monitor, and pressure that rarely switches off. Sometimes people compare a side hustle to a fully operating business, but the two are often very different. One common mistake I have seen is when people assume that because their side hustle is bringing in some cash, the next logical step is to quit their job and focus on it full-time. Sometimes that decision works out well. Other times, it creates pressure that the business was not yet ready to carry. Your 9-5 or shift work may not always be exciting, but it gives stability. It gives predictable income, structure, and a level of certainty that allows you to plan ahead. That stability can quietly become the foundation for funding your bigger vision. A side hustle, on the other hand, may still be inconsistent, especially when life priorities compete for your attention. People often speak about entrepreneurship as though passion alone is enough. In reality, many successful businesses were built gradually while the founder still had another source of income supporting them. There is wisdom in growth that is measured and sustainable rather than rushed by pressure. This is also why getting work experience matters. The discipline, accountability, communication skills, and problem-solving ability you develop in your workplace can later become the same qualities that help your business survive. Sometimes your job is not delaying your dream. Sometimes it is preparing you for it. There is nothing wrong with building your own thing. In fact, more people should try. But there is also nothing wrong with recognising the value of stability while you build carefully. Every income-generating activity is not yet a scalable business, and every business idea does not need to become a full-time venture immediately. Growth is good. Timing also matters. So, before you quit your 9-5, ask yourself if you are truly ready.
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@onlinedopamine ·
my little side project https://t.co/7GingWCt5a makes about $300 per month (from desktop app sales & ads) if i 10x it, my living expenses would be covered most traffic is seo; doing a bit of reddit promotion for the desktop app every now and then any idea how i can get this to $3k/m?
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@toddsaunders ·
I just talked to a guy that started his career as a garbage man. Then he started a side hustle pest control business... And now his pest control business is doing $5M/year all because of a piece of software he uses internally that has dramatically increased his close rates. If he can go from garbage and pests to software.. so can you.
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@agazdecki ·
Most founders think acquisitions are only for venture backed SaaS companies. They're not. Newton Zheng (@newtonzheng) started ePropel (@ePropelDigital) as a side hustle. He was helping businesses grow through SEO, landed a few clients, and kept building. Over time, the agency grew into a profitable business with recurring revenue, long-term customers, and a team spread across North America and the Philippines. When he decided he wanted to focus on a new venture, he faced a question many founders eventually ask themselves: Do I want to keep running this business, or is it time for someone else to take it to the next level? He chose the latter. After listing on @acquiredotcom, he received more than 40 NDAs, multiple offers, and ultimately found a buyer who was the right fit for both the business and the team. What stands out to me is that Newton didn't build ePropel for an exit. He spent years building a good business with recurring revenue, long-term customers, and a team that could operate without him. When the time came to move on to something new, buyers could immediately see the value in what he had built. That's usually how the best exits happen. They're the result of years of steady execution, not a few months of preparing a business for sale. Go build something great. Then sell it on your terms. Check out the full interview here: https://t.co/mdOmUhrRjx
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@AlexEngineerAI ·
The side hustle most beginners overlook when they think about AI income: managing social media for small local businesses. Not big brands. Not agencies. Restaurants, gyms, real estate agents, hair salons. They all need content. They don't have time to make it. They don't have budget for a full agency. Here is the basic offer that is working right now: 30 posts per month (captions, graphic briefs, story ideas), written with ChatGPT and designed with Canva, packaged as a done-for-you monthly content bundle. Price point: $250-500 per client per month. Three clients is $750-1500/month recurring. The real advantage: once you build a template system around one niche (say, local gyms), each new client takes 3-4 hours to onboard instead of starting from scratch. The hardest part is landing client number one. After that it compounds.
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@bmykhaylivvv ·
Just hit $500 MRR with AmpliFresh! Started as a simple side project to solve my own problem - keeping content fresh across platforms. Spent evenings coding while working full-time. The key was shipping fast and iterating based on user feedback instead of building in isolation. The Twitter growth to 2K followers came naturally by sharing the journey. Posted daily updates, code snippets, and honest struggles. People love following real progress, not polished success stories. Tech stack kept it simple: Next.js, Stripe, and PostgreSQL. Don't overthink the architecture early on - focus on solving the core problem first. --- Crossed $500 MRR milestone with AmpliFresh today. The moment when your side project starts paying for itself hits different. From idea to profitable SaaS in 3 months. Built it because existing content management tools felt bloated and expensive for small teams. Twitter became my distribution channel without paid ads. Shared behind-the-scenes moments, technical decisions, and user wins. Authenticity beats marketing budget every time. Next goal: $1K MRR by month 6. Already have a waitlist of features users actually want. --- Hit 2000 Twitter followers in 40 days by doing one thing consistently. Share your actual work, not just thoughts about work. Posted screenshots of AmpliFresh features, code reviews, and real user feedback. The dev community responds to substance over fluff. Building in public works because people want to support creators they follow from the beginning. My followers became my first customers and biggest advocates. $500 MRR feels like validation, but the community around the product matters more than the revenue right now. --- $500 MRR update: AmpliFresh users are sticking around. Churn rate under 5% because we focused on one core workflow instead of trying to be everything. Content teams just want their publishing process to work reliably without constant maintenance. Built the MVP with weekend coding sessions. PostgreSQL handles the data, Next.js for the frontend, Stripe for payments. Nothing fancy, just solid foundations that scale. Twitter growth happened by treating followers like colleagues, not an audience. Share your wins and failures equally.
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@csaba_kissi ·
Day 4/365 of 0 → $4,000 MRR SaaS challenge. Not much work today. Implemented the new footer on 3 more sites and crosslinked sites. As I mentioned, every side project will include a feature request widget. I expect 100 daily visitors just from this, but the conversion rate (how many people will actually post requests) is questionable. It should help increase long-term project awareness and significantly increase the DR. Actually, if you check the DR for Featurenest .com, you will notice it has a pretty decent domain rank already. I want to make the site live next week.
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@businessXplain ·
57% HAVE A SIDE HUSTLE More than half of South Africans now rely on multiple income streams, according to Old Mutual research, as side hustles and informal work reshape the country’s economic landscape. Full story - https://t.co/mxnkhTbecl
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@AffordAnything ·
“Sounds like you have too many irons in the fire, none of them are getting hot fast enough, and you’re sweating.” More than a dozen years ago, my friend said this to me. At the time, I had a primary business, a side hustle, a growing rental portfolio, and freelance work. Her comment resonated. I dropped two of those things -- cut the freelance work, cut the side hustle -- and focused entirely on the primary business and the rental portfolio. That primary business is Afford Anything, and today we are a team of six with a podcast that has had over 40 million downloads. Focus matters. You can do anything, but you can't do everything.
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@terencebuilds ·
Everyone talks about "escaping the 9-5" But what if the 9-5 is funding your escape? Corporate stability = risk budget for building Side project passion = energy for corporate excellence Maybe the real trap is thinking you have to choose. #BuildInPublic #SaaS
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@donnyyoung ·
The real ROI of reselling isn’t just money. Yes, the extra income matters. It’s helped cover real needs for our family… like being able to go buy a car last night without scrambling. But that’s not the only return. Reselling has taught me how to spot opportunity. How to think in terms of value. How to make decisions with confidence instead of hesitation. It’s given me a sense of control I didn’t have before. I’m not just waiting on a paycheck anymore. I have a way to go create income when I need to. That changes how you think. It changes how you handle pressure. It changes how you provide for your family. The money is great. But the skills, the awareness, and the confidence… that’s the real return. If you’re working a 9–5 and want more control over your income, this is possible. Follow me @donnyyoung and I’ll show you how I’m doing it.
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@whosamberella ·
60K+ views, featured in one of the hottest tech media accounts. My weekend side project went viral before I even called it a product. I built Deskmate because I kept searching for places with good vibes to work from. That was the whole brief. Here's what i didn't expect from this 🧵
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@TommiPedruzzi ·
Side hustle: • Tied to your output • Stops when you stop • Scales with your time • Dies when life gets busy Digital Asset: • Tied to a product, not a person • Scales with more units, not more hours • Earns during the months you don't touch it Same effort to start. Completely different architecture after month six. Build the thing that doesn't need you present to function.
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@terencebuilds ·
Building while maintaining full-time employment • 7am-4pm corporate responsibilities • 5pm-10pm side project development • weekends balancing rest vs progress • sustained for 127 days Success requires intentional sacrifice Most desire outcomes without trading inputs
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@ramesh_mkumar ·
I made $879 in February-2026 🚀https://t.co/1zdXQbF1TF - $740 🛠️ https://t.co/OMo7dRO0lb - $50 📂 https://t.co/pM5edCfbWx - $35 📄 https://t.co/N6MJnOVTPX - $3 ⚡ https://t.co/yTSzZzwVh7 - $27 (Launched) 🥷 Side project - $24 Suprisingly @thefastestweb was launched just 2 weeks before made 3 sales. It's time to put the work to make it $1k
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@INFLUENCESUBCON ·
The truth about paid communities and courses I have spent almost $8k over the last 6 years in online courses, coaching and communities. I had the best experience receiving one on one coaching, especially on content creation and self publishing (which allowed me to publish my first 2 books). Disclaimer: this is my personal opinion and it's outside the studies in college I did for hospitality management, which has been my full time job for the last 10 years. Online courses: There's a lot of discussions online about which courses are spam and not worth the money. But I had a great experience so far, similar to buying books, it depends on how much of the information is applied to a specific case. Knowledge is potential power only. If you follow or know a creator and learn how they think and communicate, you will know how the content on their course will be produced and shared, then you will probably enjoy it and find it useful. Paid communities: I have been part of 8 different communities, mainly about content creation and side hustles. YouTube Automation, Self Publishing, FBA, but content creation ones are where I felt more comfortable. A rule I like to follow is: analyze how many community members are getting results with the trainer formula, usually it's only two of them. I understand that most members are not relying on a full time income related to the community, but it's important to see real movement and be part of a proven formula. It will never be 100% replicable, but the guidance comes by showing the members a way to keep growing and getting results (not only a quick buck). Content creators often complain that college education doesn't give you the right tools and knowledge to succeed online. But that thought is a sales tactic itself, I learned more about sales and marketing in College and working 10 years in corporate than on live improvised calls. I understand many creators have found their way to sell and make a living out of it, but most are not ready to teach others, as their process is not replicable and they are skipping the basics. Another point is, if the community has a lot price, it might be a first step for other higher payment programs. If this is promoted as they only way to keep growing, then you are the base of that business. Sounds familiar as "Ponzi Schemes" right? Teaching how to sell by selling a program to you. Some more advanced communities have a higher fence to welcome members, like having a $10k income or higher, as they promise to help you escale further. Do a proper analysis before joining one. Two of those communities experiences had a payback guarantee (The FBA one and Youtube Automation one). I was lucky enough to be able to get a refund, after applying all the techniques I was not able to get any sales or income. I don't regret any dollar I spent on these courses and programs, as I learned a lesson even from the bad ones. Right now I'm in a personal process where I don't need a new course or guidance to take the next step, sometimes you just need to take action and learn from your mistakes. What I found most useful are videos and courses from @thedankoe , so if you want to start a one person business I suggest to start there. I will also post some tactics that helped me grow and generate a side income, but they will not be frequent as my accounts is more about mindset. Anyway, you can always reach out and If I can, I will help you out to get a clear idea on how to start. See you around, S. M. Brain Coach
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@agazdecki ·
Arman Mkhitaryan (@ArmanMkhit35108) built a simple social media scheduling tool called PostFlow as a side project and recently exited on @acquiredotcom. Nothing crazy. Just a clear use case that people already understood. He didn’t spend months trying to scale it or pile on features. Once it worked, he started talking to buyers. A few wanted more built out first. He didn’t go down that path.He kept it simple and found someone who valued it as is. Got it sold. Most founders think they need more traction, more features, more time. Sometimes a working product with a clear use case is already enough. Check out the full interview here: https://t.co/HBA2ENmJ6D
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@AlexEngineerAI ·
The simplest AI side hustle that scales fast is writing blog content for small businesses. Here is what most beginners miss about it. Small businesses know they need a blog for SEO. Most of them do not write one because they have no time and no writer on staff. That gap is your opening. You research 4 to 6 target keywords for their niche using a free tool like Ubersuggest. You use ChatGPT to draft a 1,000 to 1,500 word article around each keyword. You edit it lightly, add a few specific details about their business, and deliver it ready to publish. Charge per article: $75 to $150. Package it as 2 articles per month for $199 to $299. Three clients gets you close to $900 per month working about 6 to 8 hours total. None of that requires a formal writing background. Just organized output and light editing skill. Where to find clients: search LinkedIn for local businesses with a blog that has not been updated in 6 or more months. Message the owner directly. The pitch writes itself. More beginner AI income ideas at https://t.co/TjW1ATrxAO
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@onu_slim ·
Someone asked me how medics with little free time can earn extra income. So this is what actually works for a schedule that changes every week and never guarantees a free evening. Locum shifts come first. This is not a new skill, it is your existing one, sold in smaller blocks at other facilities on your off days. Medical content and consulting comes next. Health tech startups need people who understand clinical reality, not just code. Paid consulting in short bursts pays well and does not need daily attention. Dividend paying stocks and index funds are the passive layer. You do not manage these daily. You contribute consistently and let years do the compounding while your actual job keeps you occupied. Treasury bills and money market funds sit underneath that. Almost zero time commitment beyond setup, and your idle cash earns more than it would sitting in a regular savings account. Medical writing and exam tutoring round it out. Question bank writing, licensing exam tutoring, these pay per project, not per hour. They fit around chaos instead of demanding a fixed schedule. This is the mistake most medics make. They try to start a business that needs daily attention on top of a job that already owns their time. That combination dies within months, every time. The real formula is passive investing plus one skill based side income you can do in short bursts. Nothing that competes with the hours your patients already need from you.
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@ShrikalaKashyap ·
every woman i've gotten coffee with recently has a side project she built herself -- a parenting site, a summer camp finder, a site that helps new postpartum moms, a personal website and a stealth (really cool) idea. the energy right now is completely different from even a year ago. they just opened claude code after their kid's bedtime and shipped it. and now every coffee ends the same way: "ok wait before you go, let me show you what i made." i love this era so much 💜💜
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@MakadiaHarsh ·
built a side project last year. revenue: $250 users: only 6 by every metric, a flop still one of the best things i did all year. no client brief. no deadline. no roi conversation. just a problem i found interesting. it reminded me why i started building in the first place. some projects make you money. some projects make you dangerous. you need both.
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@jake_pahor ·
Three years ago, building a real software business as a solo founder with a co-founder side hustle wasn't viable. The work was too much. You'd ship something, then spend three months on bugs. The market would move past you before version 2 was ready. Last month Tom and I shipped the biggest rebuild of CSH since launch. He works on it nights and weekends around his day job. I work on strategy and content while running my own. The thing that changed isn't us. It's the tooling. Claude turns a 6-month build into a 6-week one. Cursor turns a 2-day debug into 2 hours. Vercel deploys what used to need a DevOps engineer. The bar to ship a real product as a small team is the lowest it has ever been. Take advantage of it.
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