[ferennag]

> That said, boringcashcow.com has inspired me to try to come up with a simple programming project that could turn over 4 figures a month. It made me realize in software you can just go for base hits, not home runs, and still make plenty of money.

Would you mind sharing more details? Story? What is the app? I am really curious :) If no, that's fine, thanks for the tip anyways. I will definitely check out the website. My biggest problem is coming up with ideas for an app/business.

[syndicatedjelly]

> My biggest problem is coming up with ideas for an app/business.

I'm in the same boat. For me at least, I assume that any app that's making money must have been created by someone with much better skills than me. Someone shared that website on HN a few weeks ago and they just blog about various solo developer projects that earn 4-6 figures a month. Seeing those projects gives me ideas and confidence to try something myself.

[kcindric]

Could you please share the link of the blog you’re talking about?

[Gunnerhead]

I’m very curious too!

[mr_o47]

I’m in the same boat as you. Its really hard to come up with an idea.

Its like when a writer starts to write something they have a writer block

[yowlingcat]

Not the GP, but you might get a lot from checking out IndieHackers. It has tons of case studies by folks who have put together side projects many of which have become quite valuable [1]. Another valuable approach might be to check out Acquire.com [2] and Centurica MarketWatch [3] from the buyers side to see what kinds of projects become very valuable base hits, even if they're not venture scale. Not affiliated with any of these, I just found them valuable sources of information when I was thinking about creating economically valuable side projects years ago.

[1] https://www.indiehackers.com/products?commitment=side-projec...

[2] https://acquire.com/buyers/

[3] https://app.centurica.com/marketwatch