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• Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

  Https://wishy.gift - A privacy friendly wishlist service, made for my SO after she got 4 thermoses for Christmas a year and only needed 1. Costs ~$30/mo, but is used by my entire extended family, which makes it all worth it :). - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What are your “scratch own itch” projects?

  My SO got 4 thermoses for Christmas one year, so I decided to build a simple wishlist service[0] to prevent it happening again. Launched it 6 years ago, and since then it's been used by friends, family and myself for all Christmas and birthdays - so I consider it a huge success. In addition to already being a success for me personally, it's growing organically, and last year really picked up the pace when I... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

  I created a privacy-friendly wishlist service (https://wishy.gift/) for my SO, and as long as she and my family uses it, it's a success for me. Going from ~1k to ~5k users during 2021 was a lot of fun, but it's the close circle that really counts :). - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Alexa leaks your private wishlists

  I run a simple, free and privacy-friendly wishlist service[0] that's been around for a couple of years now, and I don't even keep your e-mail address[1]. It's been exciting to see the user count go from ~500 to ~2500 the last year. Any feedback and feature requests are much appreciated :) [0] https://wishy.gift/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago