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by jhoechtl 3082 days ago
> I won't lie, running cron.weekly has been my most profitable side business to day. Factor 10x more than all the others. But it's no passive income, it requires a newsletter issue every week, on the clock.

For me that reads: It's profitable but I have to work for it? What else did he suspect?
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Mojah 3082 days ago
> For me that reads: It's profitable but I have to work for it? What else did he suspect?

More like: this hobby got out of hand and is now taking too much of my time, despite the fact that there's financial compensation. cron.weekly wasn't created to be profitable, it was a side-effect of it becoming more successful, but I just need a mental break.

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watwut 3082 days ago
That is very uncharitable reading and besides, the article explains very clearly why that contributed to him not wanting to do cron anymore.

He kept up with those weekly releases for two years. That is damm lot of regularity and work.

That part there waits pros and cons of continuing. Original expectations have nothing to do with that.

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