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Re:Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy by ambiate on Friday July 26, 2013 @11:03AM (#6108577)
When I first learned Java in school, I cranked out a couple of Android apps. I coded one in 30 minutes. It currently has 24k active installs with a total of 125k people trying it out. Free. Horrible programming. No unit tests led to a scenario where setting the alarm at midnight resulted in the wrong calculation. People love the simplicity of it. People hate the simplicity of it.

It has the potential to make $5-17/day. I'm guessing if I corrected/updated the code, it would jump in rank. If I could generate 13-15 apps that fit into this type of niche, I would easily reach $5k/month with lazy/horrible coding. If I just sat there for one-two full month(s) churning out one app a day, I would probably be able to reach that goal.

Re:Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy by wtetzner on Friday July 26, 2013 @12:42PM (#6109086)
Just out of curiosity, what app is it?
Re:Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy by ambiate on Friday July 26, 2013 @02:04PM (#6109546)
Sleep cycles, direct clone of sleepyti.me. Turns out ATNT branded phones don't allow access to the hardware alarm clock. The app crashes on ATNT Galaxy S2s (my original phone). Considering that was my first experience with Android, I never looked at it again in a happy manner.