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I run HTTP Toolkit ( https://httptoolkit.com ) which passed $2k a couple of years back

I run HTTP Toolkit ( https://httptoolkit.com ) which passed $2k a couple of years back. No longer a side project, as it's made enough money for me to work on it full time for a fair while now, but it certainly started that way, and it's still a one-man show (plus many wonderful open-source contributors). I suspect that'll be a common theme in answers here though: if you have a side project making $2k a month, in most of the world that's enough for you to go full-time and try to take it further. If you can make $2k/month on something working only part-time, you can definitely make a lot more if you focus on it. On your questions: HTTP Toolkit is a desktop app (plus a mobile app and other components for integrations) but it's an Electron app that effectively functions as a SaaS (with a freemium subscription model) that just happens to have a component that runs on your computer. And actually getting to $2k wasn't overnight at all - it took a couple of years of slow steady slog. …

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MA

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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NI

I absolutely love how easy it was to capture requests through ADB with your tool, only solution i could find which just worked out of the box.

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SP

Interesting project. Will definitely check it out next time I have to analyze the traffic from my phone. I was just about to ask how do you differentiate your product from mitmproxy but on a quick google search I found this thread from a few years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29627819

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SY

how is this different from devtools? is the main selling point easy of use, or more extra features on top of devtools?

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EP

Hey, I've used your tool many times to debug SSR applications! It was actually a Google engineer that recommended me it. Like it a lot. Cheers.

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LA

This is a cool project. Looks like a good replacement for Charles (which I hate) and reminds me of Fiddler (which I love). The fact that this is a desktop app makes it all the more enjoyable to work on as a profitable side project, imo.

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NU

I've been looking [1] for a similar tool for a while; Just downloaded, really liking it so far! It's clean and intuitive. Thank you! [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35559469

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JE

This is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing your story. I was wondering what the early days of the journey looked like. - What did the first iteration of this product look like? Was it more or less similar, or substantially different from the spirit of httptoolkit today? - How did you go from (some semblance of a product) to first sale? / acquiring first customer? - did you spend anything on marketing/distribution?

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> A few inflection points that made a notable difference (releasing rewriting support & Android support particularly)... Do you mean that improving documentation helped get customers? I have a small side project and I think this is one of its weaker spots, even if it is relatively simple [0]. I noticed "helper popups" are getting used quite extensively. [0]: https://aihelperbot.com/guide

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