{"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":"image-optimization-app-for-mac-designers-126512","title":"Image optimization app for Mac designers","summary":"A desktop tool that shrinks images without visible quality loss. Offered as a free version with paid upgrades, plus plugins for design software.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/image-optimization-app-for-mac-designers-126512","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/image-optimization-app-for-mac-designers-126512.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.86},"earns_from":{"value":"one-time","label":"One-time sales","confidence":0.88},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"1k-10k","label":"$1k to $10k","confidence":0.38},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.4},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.96},"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=13150273","person":"vladdanilov","host":null,"date":"2016-12-11"},"owner_site":"http://getoptimage.com"}}