[HN Gopher] How to bring in extra cash as a developer
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       How to bring in extra cash as a developer
        
       Author : speckx
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2024-07-09 20:09 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | supportengineer wrote:
       | I like the idea of RapidAPI but I would like to know if there are
       | any serious/large projects which have chosen to be dependent on
       | them.
        
       | lylejantzi3rd wrote:
       | Is API as a service still valid in the age of AI?
        
         | theshrike79 wrote:
         | AI needs to get its data somewhere, it can't know the current
         | weather without ... drumroll ... an API to query from.
        
         | episteme wrote:
         | What does that even mean? I'm certainly not living in a world
         | where AI has replaced the need to build APIs.
        
       | shove wrote:
       | "Sykes" ... the jokes practically write themselves
        
       | beryilma wrote:
       | When I read the badly-written documentation (manuals, datasheets,
       | etc.) of a lot of Chinese products like calipers, stepper motors,
       | and ICs, I often say to myself that I could fix the language
       | easily for a small fee and make their products more appealing
       | when the actual product itself works pretty well.
       | 
       | I wish there was a simple way to monetize this by offering such
       | improvements to companies without a race-to-the-bottom market
       | place. Perhaps companies offering bounties for such suggestions
       | for improvements?
        
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