Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?
Young hackers who have a surplus of income and have funds to spare that aren&#x27;t being channeled toward debt &#x2F; family &#x2F; donations, heed me: save as much of your salary as you can, and put it in boring investments (index funds &#x2F; etc), probably through vanguard.com (no affiliation, I just use them and have heard nothing but good things from people I trust). You can pretty easily set up your job&#x27;s direct-deposit system so that a portion of your salary goes directly into your investments without you ever seeing it, it&#x27;s a good set-it-and-forget-it system. It adds up over time!<p>[Somewhat related: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mrmoneymustache.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;01&#x2F;13&#x2F;the-shockingly-simple-math-behind-early-retirement&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mrmoneymustache.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;01&#x2F;13&#x2F;the-shockingly-sim...</a> ]