I wish I had this energy again.<p>I've got a list of side projects to get on with. I've made little progress in the last year, and suspect its burn out to blame - I'm just constantly exhausted.<p>I think if you have the energy, this is awesome fun. It might even get to the point where one of them makes some decent income.<p>But if you don't, like me, just realise that there is a reason for that, and it's OK. You need rest and relaxation, and it's OK to prioritise that.
Virtual hat tip to ya!<p>I finally have four ideas that I think worthy to build that I would like to monetize. All would be well within my abilities to build. No vision of grandeur that I'd retire from any of them and if I made $100 from one site I'd be ecstatic.<p>Two are simple games, one a directory and one a utility type site. No AI, no sign-up, no affiliate marketing, no upselling, just simple sites with ads.<p>However, my "paralysis by analysis" affliction is strong.
This is beautiful. I think I'll add a similar page to my website. Side projects are what I look forward to!<p>Right now, I just have my blog + github as a messy portfolio of personal projects, but I like this much better.
that's awesome! I've had many many side projects launched in the past 2 decades, but the only one still going is my books site <a href="https://thegreatestbooks.org" rel="nofollow">https://thegreatestbooks.org</a><p>I created it 17~ years ago mostly as just a tool for myself and now it gets roughly 8 million views a month.<p>The hardest part of any side project is actually launching it and making it somewhat production ready. I always spend the vast majority of my time dealing with devops/deployment issues/tasks
Very impressive “Sold” list! I’ve created a similar portfolio site for myself, but haven’t added a “Sold” section. Seems obvious, so I think that’ll be in my next update. Link below for reference:<p>[1] <a href="https://www.itschrisray.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.itschrisray.com/</a>
Nice work, particularly the amount you've sold! I keep a similar timeline of projects on my website, going back to 2004 (older stuff going back to 1990 is there, but not as organised) <a href="https://www.gingerbeardman.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.gingerbeardman.com</a>
How does one pay taxes when selling minor side projects? I have never been a contractor/freelancer and I have never setup a company. This is the main pain in the ass for me when it comes to generating some side income. I'm in Europe, so it makes it worse I think.
I once had a list similar in time and length. It was a great portfolio, but I slowly realized I just made it to remind myself I'm not a perpetually incapable imbecile. Deleting it and giving away those projects was so freeing. I had nothing left to prove to myself or anyone else. Now I can just write code for fun, code that I believed in. Not saying this is OP's motivation or anyone else's, but it was definitely mine.