Life & fun · September 2, 2020
I passed up an opportunity to make $200K from my microstartup
Does the same job
all alternatives →- JHJust hit $15k/m running unlimited design service by myself2020 · designjoy.co · ▲64
- IMI made $8000 in one day on the Mac App Store2012 · aptonic.com · ▲190
- M4My 4-hour project, already profitable2011 · snowday2011.com · ▲323
- IWI wrote a co-founder equity calculator over the weekend2011 · foundrs.com · ▲136
- MCMy cofounder and I created a social platform for investment ideas2021 · info.utradea.com · ▲157
- IFI founded a company and a platform to fund open source developers2019 · equalize.digital · ▲100
More life & fun this month
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Life & fun · 10d ago · louisabraham.github.io

Photosynthesis fires two of your iPhone
Life & fun · 29d ago · photosynthesis.camera
SoloUno▲310Take control of hair pulling, nail biting & skin picking
Life & fun · 28d ago · solouno.io

Scroll through all 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 reachable Rubik's Cube permutations.
Life & fun · 27d ago · everycube.alen.is


Hi HN, I built Eigendrum, a web tool that solves the 2D wave equation for arbitrary shapes so you can hear what they sound like as drums. How it works: * Solves -∇²u = λu using finite element analysis (Kφ = λMφ) on a triangle mesh. * Validated to <0.1% error against closed-form solutions for circles (Bessel zeros) and rectangles. * Sound model factors in strike location, Rayleigh damping, and mallet width. * Includes Kac drums I & II to demonstrate identical sound spectra from different geometries. * No frameworks, build steps, or dependencies. Repo and tests:…
Life & fun · 27d ago · baselashraf81.github.io
Launched alongside, September 2020
the whole month →

Tables by Google▲786Tables helps teams easily track & automate tasks
Work · 2020 · tables.area120.google.com
- LS
Almost eight years ago I launched an online “Linux sysadmin course for newbies” here at HN. It was a side-project that went well, but never generated enough money to allow me to fully commit to leaving the Day Job. After surviving the Big C, and getting made redundant I thought I might improve and relaunch it commercially – but my doctors are a pessimistic bunch, so it looked like I didn’t have the time. Instead, I rejigged/relaunched it via a Reddit forum this February as free and open - and have now gathered a team of helpers to ensure that it keeps going each month even after I can’t…
Commerce · 2020

