{"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":"laser-cutting-jobs-for-friends-and-schools-f0cbda","title":"Laser cutting jobs for friends and schools","summary":"Uses a CNC laser cutter to make items for friends and local schools, for a modest monthly income.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/laser-cutting-jobs-for-friends-and-schools-f0cbda","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/laser-cutting-jobs-for-friends-and-schools-f0cbda.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"services","label":"Services and freelancing","confidence":0.67},"earns_from":{"value":"fees","label":"Service fees","confidence":0.85},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"over-10k","label":"Over $10k","confidence":0.55},"time_estimate":{"value":"few-hours","label":"A few hours a week","confidence":0.66},"where":{"value":"in-person","label":"In person","confidence":0.57},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.95}},"owner_reported":null,"source":{"publication":"Hacker News","title":"Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19713962","person":"rhapsodyv","host":null,"date":"2019-04-21"},"owner_site":null}}