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New comment by idoma in "Zero-Touch OAuth for MCP"

idoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:35:37 +0000

thank you mr. LLM

New comment by idoma in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell"

idoma — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:24:58 +0000

I buy ~$2,000 of items per day from a handful of places (advertising, bots, listings, quicksells).

I sell _anything_ that I can buy at a reasonable margin, but that trends down towards a ~$50 average.

New comment by idoma in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell"

idoma — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:37:40 +0000

The market is incredibly small & illiquid - the main alpha comes from:

- a better knowledge & understanding of the market. What items are desirable? What will take a long time? How do you price them? etc.

- trust/reputation, which takes form through cash trading (directly buying items from people at a discount).

I also have a few automated trading bots & scripts that save time on buying items, but that's easily replicable.

New comment by idoma in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell"

idoma — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:28:18 +0000

Some CS, but TF2 is my main focus. Items are less liquid and the cash trading scene isn't as established. For example, my average margin on TF2 items is 6x higher than CS (~25% vs. ~4-5%). I'm able to buy for less & sell for more than I could in CS.

Knowledge about the game isn't necessary at all - it's just the market itself. Understanding what people are interested in, what items can sell at, how long they take, etc.

New comment by idoma in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell"

idoma — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 02:08:36 +0000

I buy & sell pixels (hats) in a video-game - Team Fortress 2.

I'm currently making $10k-15k per month; I'm one of the largest sellers on the game's main third-party marketplace (https://marketplace.tf).

Less of a side project and more of a part-time job, since it's ~4-6 hours of work per day.