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Jen Yip
Personal blog · lunchbag.ca · on HN as jnfrstartupsbusinesscareer
Jen Yip writes lunchbag, a personal blog at lunchbag.ca about startups, business and career. Since 2019, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Optimizations as a Company of One”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-23, and you can follow it by feed.
Blog by Jen Yip, founder of Lunch Money
Most-linked posts?
- Optimizations as a Company of One3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-06-02
- 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-02-20
- How My startup saves $100 a month with home-grown solutions2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-11-22
What Hacker News says?
Congrats! I went full time on my own projects back in early 2018, and I only recently started making significant money from it. I like following along with indie developers. Do you blog anywhere or post about your progress? For reference, here are some indie developers whose regular progress updates I enjoy: * Cory Zue, creator of SaaS Pegasus and PlaceCardMe: https://www.coryzue.com/writing/ * Jen, creator of Lunch…
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on “Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue”Submitted 6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far as a story · 454 points
HN discussionHi Show HN, I'm really excited to share what I have been working on the side since late November last year. I am a one-person team and this project has allowed me to harness and grow from my few years of experience working as a software engineer. I was also able to flex my design muscles a little bit, while learning some marketing along the way. Stack: * Node.js w/ Typescript backend * React + Semantic UI w/ Typescr…
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on “Show HN: Lunch Money, a personal budgeting tool with multi-currency support”Submitted Preparing for Solopreneurship as a story · 32 points
HN discussionHi OP, I was in your exact position just over a year ago. I had been using my own spreadsheet for 1.5 years and finally found time to turn it into a web app (backstory at https://lunchbag.ca/lunch-money ) The main features I found missing in other budgeting apps that prompted me to make my own were: - native multicurrency support (I travel a lot and am a digital nomad by lifestyle, so this was quite important to me)…
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on “Ask HN: I'm building budgeting app. What features would you look for?”Submitted Optimizations as a Company of One as a story · 31 points
HN discussionSubmitted My journey building an app while freelancing and living abroad in Fukuoka, Japan as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted $45k ARR in 10 months: Optimizations as a company of one as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted 9 months in and $40k ARR: Optimizations as a company of one as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted $45k in 10 months: Optimizations as a company of one as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How My startup saves $100 a month with home-grown solutions as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 6 months in and $10k ARR: My biggest mistakes (so far) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I went from my first job to a 1.5 year coding break to being a solo founder as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Optimizations as a Company of One as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Optimizations as a Company of One as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How my SaaS saves $100 a month with home-grown solutions as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lot of insights: The biggest mistakes I've made with Lunch Money – Jen as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted On New Beginnings as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Optimizations as a Company of One as a story · 1 points
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