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New comment by simplypeter in "I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business"

simplypeter — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:31:58 +0000

The thing is,the most profitable businesses are often the boring ones. Unlike online businesses, the competition they face is decreasing daily as everyone chases after some glamorous business where they can work from the beach.

I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business

simplypeter — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 22:58:20 +0000

Article URL: https://dollarsanity.com/how-i-turned-my-side-hustle-into-650k-a-year-cleaning-business/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38606671

Points: 27

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New comment by simplypeter in "The surprising connection between after-hours work and decreased productivity"

simplypeter — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 22:35:03 +0000

There is no way that climbing the stairs to the 10th floor will be as fast as climbing to the 1st or 8th floor, let alone the 10th floor. The same applies to working hours. There's no way you'll be as productive in the 10th hour as you were in your first hour.

ShipFast (a paid Next.js startup boilerplate) Makes $55k/M 4 Months After Launch

simplypeter — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:58:11 +0000

Article URL: https://dollarsanity.com/how-my-tiny-startup-is-making-55k-month-four-months-after-its-launch/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38575128

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by simplypeter in "The pro-Israel information war"

simplypeter — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:41:49 +0000

People tend to support David against Goliath. I've never been there, and I had no idea what was happening. All the information I have (and most of what you have) is propaganda, from both sides.

New comment by simplypeter in "Tesla shares 48V architecture with other automakers"

simplypeter — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:47:36 +0000

The thing is, unless the whole industry moves together to 48V, the cost of this change for a single OEM+Tier1 would be too big.

New comment by simplypeter in "OpenAI employees did not want to go work for Microsoft"

simplypeter — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:45:10 +0000

Why would OpenAI employees want to jump ship to Microsoft, especially when Microsoft's been slashing jobs and freezing pay? Doesn't really add up for me.