Ask HN: Share some of your easy code 'wins'?

Re:Ask HN: Share some of your easy code 'wins'? by sigmaprimus on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @03:43PM (#22369850)

I don't know if this is what you mean but many years ago I answered a CL computer gig add from someone that wanted their static Website ported from their current host to a free host as their contract had expired.

With just a few wget commands and a dns redirect, $100 was sent to my Paypal account, the guy was so happy he refered me to a bunch of others needing the same thing done.

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Re:Ask HN: Share some of your easy code 'wins'? by eurvin on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:00PM (#22370557)

haha, nice one! This exactly the kind of story i was thinking about.

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Re:Ask HN: Share some of your easy code 'wins'? by sigmaprimus on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:33PM (#22371698)

Actually over the years Craigslist has been a great resource for making a few extra bucks. There is always the usual adds asking for expert programmers to make the next facebook or twitter and I have never replied to them, but atleast once a week there is a person looking for help that is willing to pay a fair price for pretty easy work.

I just checked the Craigslist adds in my old city (I moved up to Northern Canada and am building a farm) and I found a perfect example of someone looking for help with a pretty easy job. (Im not replying to it as I'm focused on other projects)

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/van/cpg/d/vancouver-drm-pro...

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Re:Ask HN: Share some of your easy code 'wins'? by eurvin on Saturday February 22, 2020 @06:09AM (#22390413)

Nice find! The add is still there so you are right. If you look in the right place, you can find easy work.

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