Title: Edit: Wow #1 on HN. Y&#x27;all are making my day.<p>Hey HN,<p>I&#x27;m mostly a lurker on HN who&#x27;s always super inspired by other people&#x27;s small project that end-up making money. (Huge fan of Ben Stoke&#x27;s Tiny Project [0])<p>After being burnt-out in big tech, I decided to write my own weightlifting app and set myself a humble goal of reaching $1000 in total proceeds. See [1] for my initial launch post.<p>I&#x27;ve now surpassed that goal and am now making about 500$&#x2F;mo by selling premium features in the app. Android version is coming soon too. Doing the whole thing end-to-end (code, launch, marketing, support) was super gratifying and taught me a whole lot. I have to admit that I got almost teary eyed the first time someone bought one of my IAPs.<p>I&#x27;m not making a killing out of the app, and that was never the goal. But the personal satisfaction I got out of it was worth everything. I can&#x27;t pretend to have derived any life lesson that applies to everybody from this, but this whole mini-journey was worth it for me, and I hope it will be for you too, should you embark in a similar one.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tinyprojects.dev&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tinyprojects.dev&#x2F;</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27507452" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27507452</a>
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