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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 ... by jbird11 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @06:20PM (#39111400)
I've been living in Montreal now for the last couple of years and have struggled to find people to practice speaking French with, so I created a web app to talk with an AI to improve my conversational skills [1]. I launched a few months ago and am seeing a little bit under $500/month in revenue so far.

I initially started by offering the service for free, but it eventually became too expensive to handle by myself. I then decided to switch to a paid and free tier and by that point I had amassed enough of a user base that a decent handful signed up to the paid tier. I optimized for user growth > revenue in the beginning because I kept thinking, "if people are not going to use this for free then they surely are not going to pay for it".

Anyhow, it's called Proseable and it also supports English, Italian, German, and Spanish!

[1] https://www.proseable.com/

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 ... by adobrawy on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @09:05PM (#39112741)
I am unable to use Google SSO:

> proseable.com has not completed the Google verification process. The app is currently being tested, and can only be accessed by developer-approved testers. If you think you should have access, contact the developer. If you are a developer of proseable.com, see error details. Error 403: access_denied

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 ... by jbird11 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @10:28PM (#39113262)
Oh that's odd... are you accessing the web app through a regular browser like chrome, safari, mozilla, etc. ? I know the Google SSO does not work if you access the web app through something like Facebook's built in browser.
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 ... by adobrawy on Sunday January 28, 2024 @11:35AM (#39167274)
It was just Chrome on MacBook