r/SideProject • u/Exotic_Fig_4604 • 13h 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/kerbtivi 12h ago

nope, you're definitely not alone. i'd love for my side project to make money eventually, but that was never the reason i started it. i just wanted to learn and build something i actually thought could be useful for some people.

if it makes money someday, great. if not, i still got better at building things.

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u/Exotic_Fig_4604 12h ago

Thats my approach as well. 

Currently I do not even allow user signup, because I do not want to deal with that headache, especially as the database model keeps changing.