Ask HN: What is a simple product that you would pay a monthly subscription for?
I am planning on creating a new online business for a simple product which people would pay money for. Would love to hear your thoughts. I have a few ideas:
1. A simple service which notifies you about tips through various channels (slack, email, telegram). It rotates through a list of your tips that you've created. These could be programming tips, quotes etc,.
2. A service which sends you a kindle document containing all your pocket links every week.
3. A service which converts an open source code repository into a readable ebook which can be read on a Kindle like device.
4. A service that allows you to create a private website and share it with only a few users (authentication via email).
5. A simple blogging engine driven by a Dropbox folder and Markdown.
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2 - Instapaper has offered Kindle bundling for a long time.
3 - This sounds interesting. I'd like to hear more.
4 - I don't have a use case for it today.
5 - I think this kind of thing has been done for a while.
For 3, I really think we as developers don't spend as much time reading source code of others as we should be. So, this solves 2 problems:
1. Give repo creators ability to define the order in which people should read source code using a simple manifest which just lists the source files in an order. We can also default to an order based on the framework/language. E.g. Rails apps have a structure vs Elixir apps which have their own structure.
2. Build an epub/mobi/pdf which can be sent to Kindle or to any other device where the user can browse through the code at their own pace.
They can be good for gathering information quickly, but the issue's in the confidence for the site itself. Nothing beats your own research.