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Re:Ask HN: Did your side projects ever become something big ... by hacky_engineer on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @12:47PM (#49804247)
Yeah! I worked on a baby book, Computer Engineering for Babies (https://hackylabs.com), for about 5 years before I launched it on Kickstarter back in 2021. It has two buttons and an LED to illustrate various boolean logic gates. The project surpassed all expectation, and I quite my job a year and a half later. I've launched 2 other books since then, and I'm working on a fourth.
Re:Ask HN: Did your side projects ever become something big ... by learner_yearner on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @01:31PM (#49805028)
Yeah, I have seen this book in so many memes!!