[vsnf]

These threads, along with the related recurring Show HN solo-founder success stories often seem to either be some form of newsletter/social publication, or analytics platform. I wonder if that's just the natural limit of what teams of 1 can feasibly accomplish, but I do wish there was some more variety in what people were successful with.

[XCSme]

I am one of those building an analytics platform.

The reason: out of the tens of projects I tried, this is what customers wanted and were willing to pay for.

It's not even easy to build, it's a lot harder and more complex than some niche-specific tools.

I still do have many other projects, and constantly try new stuff, but this is what worked for me, it was not really my choice, it just happened.

[nicbou]

Something different for your consideration: I run a website about German bureaucracy full time. https://allaboutberlin.com/

[haaz]

Thank you for setting this up, it was incredibly helpful when I moved to Berlin

[bmitc]

And a lot of the projects, at least in this thread are not passive or even side projects. They're being reported as full-time projects.