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Question – Have you created something original accidentally?

Posted by SinisterAlex on Saturday September 26, 2026 @10:00AM
from the self-post dept.

As the title describes - have you created anything that was financially succesful or useful as an accident or side-effect?I once made a tool for a very rare case where my chainsaw-chain would get stuck and i had to make a small tool for it, turns out it was a great idea and people wondered what it was and i sold about 12 pieces of it. Made a small fortune out of nothing.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and... on Thursday January 08, 2026 @01:18PM (#46544436)
How can you have a convo for 2026 two weeks ago :D
Re:Ask HN: Is there any software you only made for your own use but no... on Friday July 05, 2024 @12:16PM (#40883980)
I created a pollution-tracker app with functionality so i can track pollution i remove and GPS-tag it.
Re:Ask HN: What non-mainstream programming languages are you checking ... on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:40PM (#40662129)
Verilog. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verilog
Re:Ask HN: Do you know any open source (2D or 3D) asset libraries? on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @04:49PM (#39530531)
like https://www.raylib.com/ ?
Re:Ask HN: Approaching 40 and trying to get a foothold into Software E... on Saturday March 11, 2023 @12:12PM (#35110330)
To be fair - it says "Relevant Work Experience"
Re:Ask HN: Approaching 40 and trying to get a foothold into Software E... on Friday March 10, 2023 @06:48PM (#35103007)
Great looking portfolio atleast. Looks like you have been busy making alot of apps and "things". Interested in what the people here at Hacker News has to say about this.
Re:Is there a license to protect my code and art from AI? on Monday January 16, 2023 @05:25PM (#34406278)
One a sidenote - is it only Github that openly states that AI is trained on the code you publish there? What about GitLab, GitBucket etc...
Re:Why didn’t we get the four-hour workday? on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:18PM (#34283380)
Because people work to fill time.
Re:Ask HN: What is your current side-project? on Friday March 05, 2021 @12:18PM (#26359271)
You say multiplatform - .NET?
Re:Show HN: Lightweight, YouTube-based music player coded in C# on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:08PM (#26171010)
Hah, this was great! Love the theme aswell.
Re:Ask HN: How to get first 10 paying customers? on Sunday February 14, 2021 @03:29PM (#26135958)
Usually - word of mouth and solving someones problem helps alot.

Can you share your product? Who knows, maybe you will get your first paying customer ;)

Re:Ask HN: What language would you code if you didn't need to make money? on Sunday February 14, 2021 @05:38AM (#26131162)
Scheme :O
Re:Nessie – Lightweight Web Browser on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:42AM (#24363433)
This is impressive. It launches and runs in Windows 10 - can not not figure out how to use it thought :O