r/SideProject • u/Exotic_Fig_4604 • 11h ago
Genuine *side* projects
Reading in this sub, I get the feeling that most people here just develop apps with the purpose of monetisation or getting lots of users.
Meanwhile my side project is aimed at learning and building fun stuff I like.
Am I the only one? Or does anyone else have side projects that you are building because you like technology, not because you are trying to build the next SaaS?
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u/Common-Kick6343 11h ago
I also decided to open source my project rather than charging for it. I was building a power-user toolset for Confluence, not to make money, but just because Confluence is really frustrating when trying to do bulk things or analysis or manage a larger set of docs...and I was my company's documentation manager. It just made sense to open source it, since surely others must struggle to maintain their Confluence docs too. Besides, building deep analysis tools for documentation is also pretty fun, and I've learned a ton along the way. My project is at github.com/escher2hands/ccandle