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Show HN: I upgraded my open source, zero knowledge, self destructing note app

Posted by gigamick on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @07:30PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://burnernote.com

In 2021 after getting thoroughly sick of Privnote, i built "Burner Note". Even though i didn't promote it in anyway other than a post here and a post on reddit, it ended up getting about 7000(ish) unique users per month.I kinda let it die about 18 months ago but i've resurrected it with some big upgrades. Most botable the app is now truly end to end encrypted (previously was just server side),...

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Re:Ask HN: How can I monetise an open source app of mine that has beco... on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @05:59PM (#41506047)
Can you point me to your startups? I'm not entirely sure I understand how to implement this.
Re:Ask HN: How can I monetise an open source app of mine that has beco... on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @05:57PM (#41506026)
In general its used by remote devs who need to share things like API keys, tokens, credentials and other sensitive or auth related code.

It's actually used a lot.

Re:Ask HN: How can I monetise an open source app of mine that has beco... on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @04:53PM (#41505413)
https://burnernote.com - company is looking for some specific features added.
Re:Ask HN: How can I monetise an open source app of mine that has beco... on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @04:53PM (#41505404)
I'll look into it. thanks a lot.
Re:Ask HN: How can I monetise an open source app of mine that has beco... on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @04:53PM (#41505398)
Great advice. Thank you very much.

Ask HN: How can I monetise an open source app of mine that has become popular?

Posted by gigamick on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @11:00AM
from the ask-hn dept.

One of my open source projects is starting to get a lot of traction (tens of thousands of users per month) without me realising. I built it a few years ago as a weekend project and promptly forgot about it.I was contacted by a large company last week asking for changes to be made. This prompted me to go check the DB, analytics etc and I see its being used a lot.I've (as of today) stuck a...

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Re:Show HN: Nickelback Ipsum – yes, it is what you think it is on Sunday August 11, 2024 @06:48PM (#41219834)
Resolved. Thanks for the feedback. Appreciated.
Re:Show HN: Nickelback Ipsum – yes, it is what you think it is on Sunday August 11, 2024 @03:35PM (#41218757)
LOVE this!
Re:Show HN: Nickelback Ipsum – yes, it is what you think it is on Sunday August 11, 2024 @03:14PM (#41218617)
The internet doesn’t work with JS disabled. So I’m not too fussed about that.
Re:My mate is making a tool for DnD players to quickly visualise scena... on Thursday April 14, 2022 @06:24AM (#31025058)
It's early days and looking for feedback :-)
Re:Research on whether reading fiction makes you nicer on Saturday April 09, 2022 @05:17PM (#30972149)
"Backed by science", "according to science" etc is the new marketing buzz-phrase and it's very annoying. I think it's a reaction to the world of conjecture, "alternate facts", and opinion that dominates us thanks to... well basically thanks to 6 years of Trump, I guess.

However whenever I read now "according to science", or something similar I just baulk.

Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Thursday February 24, 2022 @04:16AM (#30452589)
I’ve made a bunch of changes and put it on product hunt today if you’re interested

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/really-simple-support?comm...

Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Thursday February 24, 2022 @04:16AM (#30452585)
I’ve added more customisation. Would love your feedback.

Also on product hunt today

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/really-simple-support?comm...

Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:37PM (#30435988)
Screenshots added :-)
Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @11:11AM (#30429614)
Thanks for clarifying :-)
Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:25AM (#30427033)
Freescout is cool but there will be a huge section of folk not wanting the hassle of self hosting.
Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @06:28AM (#30426582)
Interesting. What business name did you create and I'll have a look?

I have had about 500 support tickets this morning, and the emails to go with it haha. All from hacker news and reddit people so it is working fine on this end. I'd like to look into your account to see what the problem is.

Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @06:27AM (#30426565)
Debug turned off :-)
Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @06:26AM (#30426560)
Honestly, not looking for users - I'm looking for feedback, which I'm getting by the bucketload and it is amazing!
Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @06:25AM (#30426549)
Doh. thank you!

and thank you - that domain cost a fortune!

Re:Show HN: I rolled my own simple support / Helpdesk SaaS aimed at In... on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @06:24AM (#30426544)
Noted - and on it. Thanks for the input.

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