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4.1 | 0.0 | |
6 days ago | about 1 year ago | |
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GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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ExtPay
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Ask HN: SQLite in Production?
I've been using SQLite/Litestream for https://extensionpay.com for about 3 years now! Serves about 120m requests per month (most of those are cached and don't hit the db), but it's been great!
I was convinced that SQLite could be a viable db option from this great post about it called Consider SQLite: https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/consider-sqlite
Using SQLite with Litestream helped me to launch the site quickly without having to pay for or configure/manage a db server, especially when I didn't know if the site would make any money and didn't have any personal experience with running production databases. Litestream streams to blackblaze b2 for literally $0 per month which is great. I already had a backblaze account for personal backups and it was easy to just add b2 storage. I've never had to restore from backup so far.
There's a pleasing operational simplicity in this setup — one $14 DigitalOcean droplet serves my entire app (single-threaded still!) and it's been easy to scale vertically by just upgrading the server to the next tier when I started pushing the limits of a droplet (or doing some obvious SQLite config optimizations). DigitalOcean's "premium" intel and amd droplets use NVMe drives which seem to be especially good with SQLite.
One downside of using SQLite is that there's just not as much community knowledge about using and tuning it for web applications. For example, I'm using it with SvelteKit and there's not much written online about deploying multi-threaded SvelteKit apps with SQLite. Also, not many example configs to learn from. By far the biggest performance improvement I found was turning on memory mapping for SQLite.
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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
I made a couple browser extensions that make over $500/month each. The key seems to be naming your extension after high-volume search terms and getting good reviews on the chrome store (and obviously having an extension that works well and solve a common problem on major websites). I monetized them with my own service, https://extensionpay.com. Feels so good to eat your own dog food :)
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Standard Ebooks Serves Requests per Month with a 2GB VPS (2022)
Neat! I'm serving around 120m requests per month for https://extensionpay.com from a 2GB VPS running a single-threaded nodejs process and SQLite as the db. Most of the requests are cached, but still, it's amazing how far you can get with cheap hardware.
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Litestream – Disaster recovery and continuous replication for SQLite
I use SQLite/Litestream for https://extensionpay.com! Serves about 120m requests per month (most of those are cached and don't hit the db), but it's been great!
I have no affiliation with Litestream but I was convinced that SQLite could be a viable db option from this great post about it called Consider SQLite: https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/consider-sqlite
Using SQLite with Litestream helped me to launch the site quickly without having to pay for or configure/manage a db server, especially when I didn't know if the site would make any money and didn't have any personal experience with running production databases. Litestream streams to blackblaze b2 for literally $0 per month which is great. I already had a backblaze account for personal backups and it was easy to just add b2 storage. I've never had to restore from backup so far.
There's a pleasing operational simplicity in this setup — one $14 DigitalOcean droplet serves my entire app (single-threaded still!) and it's been easy to scale vertically by just upgrading the server to the next tier when I started pushing the limits of a droplet. DigitalOcean's "premium" intel and amd droplets use NVMe drives which seem to be especially good with SQLite.
One downside of using SQLite is that there's just not as much community knowledge about using and tuning it for web applications. For example, I'm using it with SvelteKit and there's not much written online about deploying multi-threaded SvelteKit apps with SQLite. Also, not many example configs to learn from. By far the biggest performance improvement I found was turning on memory mapping for SQLite.
Happy to answer any questions you might have!
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Ask HN: What are some easy ways to earn some side money?
I made https://extensionpay.com to monetize my own browser extensions and between that and free distribution on the extension stores it’s really easy to try making extensions that make money. So far devs have made over $300k with ExtensionPay. That said, it still take some skill to find a niche that works.
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Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer
Just want to put a plug in for https://extensionpay.com/ - I've used it in extensions in the past. It takes away the headache of setting up a backend for payment. They do take an extra 5%, but it's worth it especially. for smaller projects
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Monetization Options
Have a go at looking at this: https://extensionpay.com,
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I Built Vim for Google Docs
That's fair. Right now my payment processor (ExtensionPay) doesn't support multiple pricing tiers. However, in the future I'm considering rolling out my own logic so that I can provide a lifetime license option for some users.
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My experience with the Chrome Extension review process
Oh nice! Maybe you'd be interested in the tool I built to take payments in extensions: https://extensionpay.com
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2! Authenticator: An extension to quickly view your 2-factor codes in Chrome.
If your concern is about security of the extension, you may right click on top of the extension's icon and select "Inspect popup". Select the "Network" tab and type CTRL-R to force a reload of the extension. Verify there are no external network requests (except to extensionpay.com for paid features).
saasform
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Ask HN: What are your successful open source projects you lost interest in?
Saasform: https://github.com/saasform/saasform
I had to prioritize another project (solokeys).
I still really believe both: 1) in an open source alternative to auth0, 2) in combining auth+payments for saas.
However, because they’re two problems, it’s probably best to focus on just one. For me trying to launch Saasform the issue has been to find and onboard customers quickly and at scale.
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Ask HN: How to build a good looking SaaS landing page?
I also purchased Landkit, but eventually found it very heavy. I then essentially remade it on top of Fresh [1]. Code is here if anyone needs it [2].
[1] https://github.com/cssninjaStudio/fresh
[2] https://github.com/saasform/saasform/tree/main/data/themes/f...
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Ask HN: No / low-code tools to build an application in 2021?
If it's a web saas, we're building Saasform [1] with your use case in mind.
One relevant example is launching your MVP as a serverless API (e.g. on Firebase) + react/vue front end. Just iterate on your core product and features, we handle home page, registration and payments.
For mobile apps I'd recommend Expo [2] and, if you can, stay with their managed flow. If you want to iterate fast, you need to take into account the time to release to the stores and Expo can help with that. Similarly as for the web, I'd look into a serverless API model to start.
For email notifications I'd go with Sendgrid.
I personally never used no-code solutions but different people recommended Bubbles [3].
[1] https://saasform.dev
[2] https://expo.io
[3] https://www.bubbles.io
- A more secure express-session package
- Show HN: Drop-in replacement of express-session to enhance security
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Ask HN: What is your current side-project?
Starter kit to "transform your project into a SaaS", with auth+payments.
https://github.com/saasform/saasform
- Show HN: We made a starter kit for SaaS (microservice instead of boilerplate)
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Authentication best practices and state of the art for a junior dev?
Saasform: shameless plug, this is my project, modern (at lease I hope), written in typescript
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I made an authentication server that handles user registration, authentication & authorization with JWT.
We are also doing something like that lol. It's a crowded field I see. Of course any cross contamination of PR is more than welcome :-)
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Show HN: Checklist/exercise to make a SaaS marketing page
I made this exercise to guide myself throught the process of starting from a list of features, summarizing benefits, prioritize them, sparkle some keywords and finally output a marketing page.
Working to make a marketing/public site for a micro-saas I was building, I realized there's plenty of articles about the structure of the landing page, sticky header, include quotes, etc. but there's little on how to actually write the content. I worked w/ different marketing professionals in the past and, though everyone has their own style/processes, the tldr is "talk about benefits, not features".
If you're making a marketing page, I hope you can find it useful too!
Please lmk if 1) the exercise makes sense to you, 2) the format is clear/unclear - what can be improved, 3) should I maybe write an accompanying blog post? other ideas?
For context, I expect to launch a number of micro-saas in the next months, so I wanted to build a repeatable process. I then plan to run all these sites out of config files like this [1].
[1] https://github.com/saasform/saasform/blob/main/data/config/w...
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