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Life & fun · February 9, 2016

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I'm Open-Sourcing My Node.js App

I'm Open-Sourcing My Node.js App launched on February 9, 2016 with 15 votes, #1,941 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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Pooya Esfandiar open-sourced a Node.js web application he developed as a side project over one year. Rather than continuing to monetize it, he released the source code on GitHub along with documentation detailing the development process, failed monetization attempts, and technical implementation. The project is available for others to use as a boilerplate for building their own software-as-a-service applications.

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Pooya Esfandiar

After over one year of working on my side project and trying to monetize it, I’ve decided to call it quits and share my journey and the source code with the community ( Github ). In this post, I’m going to explain the whole development process, describe my failed attempts, and get into more technical details in case someone wants to use the app as a boilerplate to create their own. I was itching to create my own software-as-a-service web application while working full time. After all, the idea of having a few sources of passive income is frequently sold to software developers, and I wanted to take part in the “micropreneurship” revolution. I also wanted to practice time management and prove…from pesfandiar.com

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