{"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":"tech-troubleshooting-consulting-b55777","title":"Tech troubleshooting consulting","summary":"Helps people fix broken technology, a paid skill since youth.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/tech-troubleshooting-consulting-b55777","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/tech-troubleshooting-consulting-b55777.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"services","label":"Services and freelancing","confidence":0.97},"earns_from":{"value":"fees","label":"Service fees","confidence":0.95},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"under-100","label":"Under $100","confidence":0.74},"time_estimate":{"value":"few-hours","label":"A few hours a week","confidence":0.47},"where":{"value":"both","label":"Online and in person","confidence":0.55},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.96}},"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=19712653","person":"ynac","host":null,"date":"2019-04-21"},"owner_site":null}}