Long-form article and podcast site without ads
A site publishing original long-form non-fiction in article and podcast form, funded by donations, a published book and content licensing instead of advertising.
At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
- Category
- Content and media92% surex
- Earns from
- Sponsors and donations94% surex
- Startup cost (estimate)
- $100 to $1kLow confidence56% surex
- Time it takes (estimate)
- Part-timeLow confidence48% surex
- Where
- Online99% surex
- Coding
- No coding needed74% surex
Source
Hacker NewsComment by DamnInteresting in “Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?”, April 21, 2019
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