19:[[17002758,{"by":"refrigerator","descendants":88,"id":17002758,"kids":[17002938,17003066,17003167,17003035,17003042,17003371,17002960,17003230,17003012,17003444,17002976,17008027,17003122,17003069,17003213,17003043,17003162,17002843,17002893,17002971,17003080,17002986,17002874,17002968,17003594,17004140,17003016,17024058,17003232,17020447,17008631,17003001,17002829,17003057,17003076,17003509,17003156,17003004,17002955,17002872,17003024,17003176,17003172,17002930,17002940,17003191,17002914],"score":61,"text":"Seems appealing to me but curious to hear others' experiences. Please share the details! Where were you originally based + where did you move to? What's been good/bad about it? In what ways did it change your perspective on various parts of your life?","time":1525541424,"title":"Ask HN: Have you lived abroad for an extended period of time? Was it valuable?","type":"story"}],[14718089,{"by":"JayNeely","descendants":452,"id":14718089,"kids":[14719697,14721334,14720605,14719707,14719841,14719516,14721145,14722029,14723571,14720926,14719630,14719442,14722841,14721512,14724571,14720491,14720917,14722270,14720989,14720376,14719789,14719447,14719689,14719568,14723797,14719434,14720082,14723860,14722479,14722162,14719906,14719615,14725090,14721240,14723084,14722226,14719622,14719717,14719763,14723076,14724482,14723174,14719771,14721425,14722158,14720048,14719922,14723072,14723414,14719946,14719806,14724064,14723021,14720979,14723899,14723470,14719944,14723274,14720738,14721415,14721136,14721666,14723867,14723796,14720124,14719919,14724642,14719958,14719872,14719475,14719965,14721328,14722250,14722588,14719844,14724193,14721904,14721557,14722098,14726381,14719690,14719976,14721028,14722154,14730072,14723260,14721679,14722581,14721586,14724039,14722876,14725556,14722878,14721429,14719746,14720378,14718413,14719820,14723097,14721465,14721463,14720791,14721676,14723483,14804812,14721712,14722992,14722631,14775718,14721277,14720277,14721157,14721286,14722430,14720662,14722201,14722055,14721185,14724062,14720891,14721999,14721033,14721363,14720185,14726131,14725618,14725294,14722028,14721035,14720522,14719685,14728959,14723145,14720588,14720115,14721988,14719942,14722676,14728954,14723829,14722131,14719828,14721615,14720140,14721724,14719797,14726480,14720090,14719813,14720054],"score":503,"text":"A friend pointed out a bunch of the 'tell us about your successful side project' threads suffer from a survivorship bias. They're still great for inspiration, but I suspect we could learn a lot about challenges and wrong approaches from each others' failures.

So what's a side project you built hoping to generate revenue from it, that hasn't actually earned you much / any money?

Why do you think it hasn't been as successful as you thought it would be / what would you do differently if you did it again? How much time/money did you spend building it, and what kind of iterations / improvements did you make to try and salvage it?

Appreciate any and all answers!","time":1499433654,"title":"Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money that hasn't?","type":"story"}],[13442738,{"by":"welpwelp","descendants":139,"id":13442738,"kids":[13443033,13443291,13443772,13443193,13443205,13443303,13442913,13442826,13443594,13442873,13443316,13443619,13443102,13442934,13442809,13443111,13443099,13442830,13444252,13442802,13443302,13442974,13443794,13443144,13444553,13442916,13445146,13443195,13442827,13444468,13443223,13443905,13444145,13444186,13443347,13443124,13443417,13443170,13443911,13447943,13450425,13443067,13443199,13443726,13445109,13443506,13443247,13443306,13443585,13450941,13443752,13443573,13445784,13443851,13443145,13443559,13442878,13444870,13443960,13443056,13445013,13443404,13445412,13443457,13445405,13442957,13448877,13443270,13443336,13443106],"score":148,"text":"Hello HN! I've decided to quit my job to boostrap my projects à la IndieHackers. I don't want to raise money and I only have a few $k. My plan is to build everything myself, using a stack such as Python/Django + HTML/CSS/JavaScript + eventually iOS, and the initial goal after validating my MVPs is to become "ramen profitable."

Levels has been greatly inspiring to me and I've read most of his blog and work about NomadList. https://twitter.com/levelsio

I'm going to go with the flow and figure out and learn things as I go, so my question is whether there are any advice you can think of (release on Tuesday?) that could possibly save me time, money, and mistakes.

Let me know if knowing what the projects are about, but they're basically simple services with niche userbases (e.g: Squarespace for photographers and Slack for gyms)

Thank you HN!","time":1484907518,"title":"Ask HN: Leaving my job to boostrap my projects. Advice?","type":"story"}],[12056035,{"by":"ghettosoak","descendants":111,"id":12056035,"kids":[12056365,12056268,12056247,12056231,12129016,12056258,12056252,12056597,12056281,12056346,12056392,12056342,12056364,12056455,12056549,12056191,12056290,12056327,12058071,12056218,12060039,12057717,12056078,12056338,12057524,12056481,12056241,12070387,12056419,12056275,12056198,12058655,12056421,12057388,12061065,12056228,12056879,12060898,12056215,12056317,12056360,12059765],"score":65,"text":"After much deliberation of pulling the trigger on the 7 $/mo private Github account, I'm leaning heavily towards Gitlab.

EDIT: I'm setting up a private repo for an upcoming project, and I'd like to run the issue tracking through some git service, potentially scaling to include a Kanban Board. Not sure if it's gonna be just me or other devs. This looks promising:

http://kanban.leanlabs.io/

I've set myself the challenge of being as financially prudent as humanly possible, especially with this project, as it is an extremely low budget.

If Gitlab can offer free private accounts, with a couple cool features thrown in on the side, why shouldn't I use it?

Which do you use? Why not the other?

PS – I'm not from Gitlab, I'm just some hacker trying to lock up his stack. :)","time":1467990463,"title":"Ask HN: GitHub vs. Gitlab?","type":"story"}],[9439286,{"by":"temp_-_","descendants":168,"id":9439286,"kids":[9439988,9439620,9439566,9440004,9439869,9439440,9439734,9439660,9440193,9439876,9439753,9440992,9440068,9439583,9439535,9439735,9439918,9439376,9439968,9439593,9439661,9439591,9439841,9439780,9439359,9440944,9441667,9440654,9439974,9480526,9439547,9440825,9441404,9440030,9441546,9441182,9440517,9441248,9439933,9440503,9440225,9440945,9441100,9440470,9462874,9439930,9439646,9440782,9439783,9440574,9441350,9441253,9443275,9442893,9440755,9439986,9440940,9443958,9471419,9440026,9439824,9440699,9440562,9441021,9462875,9439576,9442694,9442638,9442663],"score":247,"text":"I seem to read so many comments on discussion threads in which individuals encourage others to "Quit your job! Travel the world!", which often comes across as shallow and even flippant to me, given that the advice is so easy to extend but the action itself can quite be difficult for one to do, whether due to concrete reasons or any personal reservations.

So, my question: those who have traveled for an extended period of time, either instead of working or by finding a new way to work, what was the experience like? What were you able to do? How did you choose to budget? What moved you to this decision, and how was the process of finding work again after your travels, if applicable? If you were to do it all again, what would you do differently?","time":1429989253,"title":"Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, how did it go?","type":"story"}]]

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created:	April 25, 2015
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about:	chicago born, swiss designer / developer. I make pretty things to play / work with. http://ject.ch

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