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I started the project 8 years ago to create a slick looking note-taking app for myself on Linux

… I started the project 8 years ago to create a slick looking note-taking app for myself on Linux. Then I open-sourced and published it, and it just took off and got popular (more than 1.2 Million downloads). Took around 2 years to get a high rank on Google. Then it was just a matter of putting ads (which I don't like but my income relies on) and ever since it's been quite stable.

Original discussionAsk HN: Side project of more that $2k monthly revenue what's your project?502 source comments · at import
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I plan on starting a side project but don't really have a niche yet. I am interested in knowing what business you run is it a mobile app, website, Saas? And how long it took you to reach $2k monthly revenue?

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DaanDLHN

Wuut.. Never heard of this! It looks very slick, I searched and searched for a nice note taking app on Linux and eventually landed with NoteKit, but this looks better.

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havblueHN

What are your opinions about QT? Do you use the open source version or the paid version? (I like it myself but mostly because I like their wysiwyg and the debugger support is intuitive relative to other ides)

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fm2606HN

Congrats on your accomplishments. I did not see any ads on your landing page. Am I missing something? In the early 00's when I was debating if I should pursue software dev (again) I wrote a couple of Win32 native apps in C and absolutely loved writing them. One of the apps was a workout timer which I submitted to Freewarefiles.com. It peaked around 48K downloads. Unfortunately freewarefiles is no more so I can't show off my one and only "successful" native app. Sometimes I feel I want to delve back into native apps instead of web based.

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MrBruhHN

Props to you for allowing compilation for the pro version, I'd probably support you just for doing that

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mr_o47HN

Woah i never heard of this. I’m the type of person who loves trying out different notes app This looks incredible I’m definitely going to use it

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