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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017... by jgimenez on Friday September 01, 2017 @05:33PM (#15152557)
I built https://localname.io as an excuse to learn some Swift and node.js.

It helps server side development by giving a publicly accessible URL to your computer.

I needed it for development and testing of mobile applications together with the backend. Also works well for webhooks.

Didn't reach the $500 yet, but it's getting there!

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017... by maheshj on Saturday September 02, 2017 @07:46AM (#15155485)
You probably get asked this a lot, but why would anyone use this when ngrok is available for free? Cool homepage btw...
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017... by jgimenez on Saturday September 02, 2017 @08:39AM (#15155660)
Yes, that's a common question. Our offering is a nice, easy to use user interface. Ngrok is a strong competitor though.
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017... by ScottWRobinson on Saturday September 02, 2017 @09:22AM (#15155839)
Your landing page looks great. Did you hire out the design work or do it yourself?
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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017... by jgimenez on Sunday September 03, 2017 @07:49AM (#15160967)
The implementation of the software I did myself, but the design and the coding of the landing page has been done by the amazing people at mobilejazz.com (disclaimer, I'm a co-founder)
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