{"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":"simple-tool-for-a-niche-industry-3934bf","title":"Simple tool for a niche industry","summary":"Built a very basic tool for an industry the owner wanted to be part of, then found a larger opportunity there that now supports them full-time.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/simple-tool-for-a-niche-industry-3934bf","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/simple-tool-for-a-niche-industry-3934bf.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.93},"earns_from":{"value":"subscription","label":"Subscriptions","confidence":0.63},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"under-100","label":"Under $100","confidence":0.51},"time_estimate":{"value":"full-time","label":"Near full-time","confidence":0.45},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.94},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.94}},"owner_reported":null,"source":{"publication":"Hacker News","title":"Ask HN: Those with money-making side projects,how did you come up with the idea?","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33944448","person":"drpancake","host":null,"date":"2022-12-11"},"owner_site":null}}