Growing Up

• Ways a Side Project Can Earn: Tip Jars to Paid Tiers

  Not every side project needs to become a business. A survey of honest ways to earn from one, from donations to paid tiers, with the trade-offs of each.

  • Growing Up
  • 10 min read
  • 15 Oct 2026

• From Open-Source Side Project to Product

  Your side project has users. Should it stay open, become a business or both? Licences, expectations, money and honest communication at the bench.

  • Growing Up
  • 10 min read
  • 3 Oct 2026