{"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":"sensor-to-serial-hardware-device-cf9113","title":"Sensor-to-serial hardware device","summary":"A small hardware device that reads digital sensors and outputs data through a serial connection, sold to customers.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/sensor-to-serial-hardware-device-cf9113","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/sensor-to-serial-hardware-device-cf9113.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"physical-products","label":"Physical products","confidence":0.94},"earns_from":{"value":"one-time","label":"One-time sales","confidence":0.96},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"1k-10k","label":"$1k to $10k","confidence":0.47},"time_estimate":{"value":"few-hours","label":"A few hours a week","confidence":0.4},"where":{"value":"both","label":"Online and in person","confidence":0.68},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.77}},"owner_reported":null,"source":{"publication":"Hacker News","title":"Ask HN: Are you working on any side projects that make \"small/passive\" income?","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2360420","person":"HeyLaughingBoy","host":null,"date":"2011-03-23"},"owner_site":null}}