Ask HN: Side Project Ideas?

Re:Ask HN: Side Project Ideas? by muzani on Saturday November 16, 2019 @01:47AM (#21551371)

Comparison site for anything is sorely missing. I needed a comparison site for babysitters, or one for medical insurance. We've got a unicorn which only does comparison for financial services.

So I'm thinking another idea is making a comparison or listing site generator. These sites are very light in terms of tech, heavy in research and operations work, so they're too hard for both the techies and the experts in a field.

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Re:Ask HN: Side Project Ideas? by dhruvkar on Saturday November 16, 2019 @02:01AM (#21551420)

Agreed on comparison sites.

re: comparison site generator - I could see that being useful.

I've toyed around with using Google Sheets as the database and the statically regenerating the site every X minutes. Non-techies enter new info via Google forms or directly edit the spreadsheet.

All filter/search is done on the front-end.

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Re:Ask HN: Side Project Ideas? by throwawaydotcom on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @05:49AM (#21571935)

I have created a comparison site for budget android smartphones. URL - https://shop4moto.com

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Re:Ask HN: Side Project Ideas? by pknerd on Sunday November 17, 2019 @12:05PM (#21558768)

but how one can earn from X comparison sites? Not everyone offers affiliates. Or, am I missing something about the business model?

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Re:Ask HN: Side Project Ideas? by dhruvkar on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:34AM (#21562364)

Question was about side projects with no stated incentive.

Business model is not clear at this stage.

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