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1. 1IM
   I made a database of remote companies▲171

   2019 · remotehub.io

2. 2SF
   Simple File Hosting on a CDN▲75

   2019 · fast.io

3. 3IB
   I built Multy – Generate a short URL to share a list of websites▲128

   2021 · multy.me

4. 4IB
   I built a stock market game based on the top 50,000 websites▲184

   2012 · linkdaq.net

5. 5IB
   I built a peer-to-peer publishing platform▲115

   2018 · peerdium.com

6. 6IC
   I created a URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub Pages▲355

   2020 · github.com

7. 7IB
   I built a website that lets you freelance for bitcoins▲102

   2012 · btcworkers.com

8. 8IT
   I taught myself PHP and built TweetPerView.com▲44

   2011 · tweetperview.com

9. 9IB
   I built a site to instant-search 32 Million Songs in milliseconds▲16

   2020 · songs-search.typesense.org

10. 10IR
    I recently launched a new cloud hosting company▲91

    2016 · ramgrid.com

11. 11IB
    I built FabHomePages so your home can have its own homepage in minutes▲65

    2020 · fabhomepages.com

12. 12IB
    I built a website to check performance of top websites in the world▲10

    2020 · simpleops.io

13. 13NC
    Nuevo Cloud – High Performance CDN for Small Websites▲23

    2015 · nuevocloud.com

14. 14CO
    C on the Web with This C to WASM Build Server and CDN▲14

    2017 · turbo.github.io

15. 15IS
    I started a low cost dedicated server host, Exelion▲32

    2014 · exelion.net

16. 16IB
    I built a website that collects remote jobs from the internet▲10

    2020 · remoted.xyz

17. 17IC
    I collect domain names to help build them▲7

    2023 · developed.domains

18. 18IS
    I spent 8 months building a self-hosted web analytics app▲27

    2018 · 321analytics.com

19. 19AD
    A detailed CDN pricing calculator▲22

    2018 · cdnperf.com

20. 20EC
    Express CDN, deliver optimized and CDN-hosted assets in Node.js▲41

    2012 · github.com

21. 21IM
    I made a registrar for domains on handshake TLDs▲15

    2020 · gateway.io

22. 22TD
    TheLittleHost – DNS hosting built on my own ASN and Anycast network▲7

    Hey HN, A few years ago I came across the On the Metal podcast episode with Kenneth Finnegan about setting up the Fremont Cabal Internet Exchange. It sent me down a rabbit hole I haven’t climbed out of. I'm a software and systems engineer by background, and I am not a network engineer. I’d dabbled with DNS and mail servers before, but always wondered how everything actually tied together at the infrastructure level. Kenneth’s interview awoke something in me. I went all in, taught myself BGP, figured out how ASNs work, got my own IP prefix and eventually racked my own servers at a local…

    Mar 2026

23. 23IW
    I wrote a website in 6502 assembly▲20

    2021 · mdw.la

24. 24IS
    I Started a No-Code Project to Curate the Web▲18

    2020 · readlist.in

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