{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"browser-synth-app-with-paid-desktop-version-cf4428","title":"Browser synth app with paid desktop version","summary":"Built a web-based synth and drum machine that is free as a demo. Sells a downloadable desktop version without the restrictions.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/browser-synth-app-with-paid-desktop-version-cf4428","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/browser-synth-app-with-paid-desktop-version-cf4428.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.91},"earns_from":{"value":"one-time","label":"One-time sales","confidence":0.95},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"1k-10k","label":"$1k to $10k","confidence":0.55},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.78},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.99},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.99}},"owner_reported":null,"source":{"publication":"Hacker News","title":"Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13157539","person":"errozero","host":null,"date":"2016-12-12"},"owner_site":"http://www.errozero.co.uk/acid-machine"}}