Ask HN: Best passive income method for a solo developer?
As a solo developer who builds products for a living, I&#x27;d caution you to think more about what it is that you actually like to do, rather than what will earn you a quick dollar.<p>You don&#x27;t want to be put in a position where you have to support something that requires you to perform tasks that you don&#x27;t enjoy (eg. a particular niche, writing blog content) just to make sure it brings in that extra $nK a month.<p>You might also face the anti-scale issue - what if you do end up getting your first 30 users, but it never really grows more than that?<p>You are now in a position to either believe in your product and push on it without knowing that this is as big as it will get, or, have to face the process of killing off something that 30 people now depend on in their workflow.<p>If you&#x27;re interested in more of this stuff, I give a talk on my story of going from full time to solo product dev and have a video of available below. Quality isn&#x27;t great, but the audio and content is worthwhile.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;davekiss.com&#x2F;through-the-backyard-shortcuts-for-selling-your-side-project&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;davekiss.com&#x2F;through-the-backyard-shortcuts-for-selli...</a><p>Good luck!