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You're right - but that is also kind of the point. Personally I run an online business and I don't even come close to needing (or using) all the data that Google Analytics provides.

I think that for your average "offline" business, just throwing Google Analytics at it is major overkill. It may even cause the website owner to simply not look at their stats just because they don't know what to look for exactly.

Hey, author here (one of 2).

Whoa, I did not expect to see Fathom show up on Hacker News. It's very early but our plan is indeed to go down a similar road as Matomo, albeit more opinionated. Hopefully resulting in a simpler product in the long run.

I feel it's important to point out out that with Fathom, no personal information is tracked (or stored), at all. Only daily and hourly aggregates are stored on the server.

And yes, the demo should not require you to enter credentials. The simple reason is that I haven't gotten to polishing that experience just yet. Sorry.

Hey, that's awesome, we plan not to disappoint.

We'll be setting up a public roadmap over the next few weeks so your feedback while we built this would be very much appreciated!

And for those of us running Gnome, there is p-e-w/argos[1]. Completely BitBar compatible, provided that the script don't use any OSX specific code.

1. https://github.com/p-e-w/argos

We've been working on something that has yet to be added to this list, but I feel it's worth mentioning.

It's a self-hosted OS alternative to Google Analytics, much like Matomo (formerly Piwik) but less focused on developers and way more opinionated in terms of what data is visualized.

It's called Fathom Analytics[1]. Eventually we want to provide a paid hosted option much like what Ghost is offering to make sure we can keep on supporting it. For now, our development efforts are paid out of our own pockets.

[1] https://usefathom.com/

[2] https://github.com/usefathom/fathom

Go + HTML + CSS. Doesn't get much easier than `mkdir my-app` and you can sprinkle over fancier tech if and when you need it.

My specific Go toolset consists of the following packages:

* urfave/cli

* gorilla/mux

* html/template

* keyselhightower/envconfig

* database/sql

* rubenv/migrate

My own plugins, all with a free version that's hosted on WordPress.org. The free version of my most popular product has hundreds of thousands of users and is what brings in the bulk of my customers.

No paid advertising. I tried but it never really got to a point where it was worth it.

Sorry for being a little vague, I'd rather not state my revenue and product together. And sine I've already mentioned my revenue, I won't mention the product. ;)

Agreed, this is why I'm shunning an interview with IndieHackers too.

I have been running a very unsexy business selling WordPress plugins for the last 5 years, averaging about $30K in revenue a month.

Only expense is my time spent and a $5 Linode VPS that hosts my shop & update server.

Read up on finance, learn about assets vs liabilities.

Understand buying vs renting before doing either.

Keep monthly (recurring) expenses low.

If you absolutely need a car, keep your ego in check and look at mileage & reliability.

Think long term.

- uBlock Origin (cosmetic filtering): https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/

- uMatrix (host-based filtering): https://github.com/gorhill/umatrix/

- HTTPS Everywhere: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

- Self Destructing Cookies (fine grained cookie control): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destruct..., the latest Chrome & FF have better settings for this built-in though.

I don't know anything about the actual story here and the writing does not help either. Impossible to read, sorry author...

He got turned down for a lot of jobs (in shitty ways) despite having published some reasonably successful open-source libraries? How is open source to blame for him not getting a job exactly?

Masterkey [1] might be interesting for you. It's using NACL and Go and stores everything in a single encrypted file.

1: https://github.com/johnathanhowell/masterkey

I switched from OSX to Linux a few months ago and had to find an alternative for 1Password. Pass has been great, I love its simplicity.

Not having a browser add-on to retrieve passwords was feeling like a step back in terms of convenience though. That's why I built & open sourced browserpass [1], a browser extension for Pass.

It uses Native Host Messaging to securely retrieve passwords, so no crazy port listening as some other open-sourced add-ons do (which is a terribly bad idea).

[1] https://github.com/dannyvankooten/browserpass

I fully agree, which is why I set up a recurring donation for what I would otherwise pay to some commercial certificate authority. LetsEncrypt is doing great work!

What's crazy to me is that their crowdfunding campaign [1] has only raised $100K so far, considering what they're doing.

1: https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/make-a-more...

Oh yes. I love being able to install uBlock on my phone! Wasn't sure if Mobile Chrome allowed for browser add-ons this but at least I was never able to find it.

I recently switched back to Firefox after years of using Chrome. Previously, the few times I had to fire up Firefox for development purposes it seemed sluggish to me. Not anymore.

Firefox has been super responsive to me, using less memory than the same browsing activity would on Chrome & Firefox-only (afaik) add-ons like Self Destructing Cookies are A+. On Android, Firefox Mobile works just as good or better than Chrome.

From a developer standpoint, Mozilla's recent work on the Web Extensions API (which is an almost complete match with Chrome's) is outstanding.

Starting out with WordPress has made a lot of things, especially when it comes to marketing, very easy for me. There's a free version that is used on over 700.000 sites right now and it got there mostly organically.

That said, if your plugin does anything visual, be ready for a lot of beginner questions. Some of your non-paying users will be the hardest to please, especially in WordPress land where you as a (real) developer will be severely underappreciated.

I built a plugin to connect WordPress with MailChimp (https://mc4wp.com) while hospitalised in Vietnam a few years ago and it has been selling well enough to support me in my travels & now back home in The Netherlands from day 1 (right after I started offering a paid version, that is).

> then you should not have told them about your business.

Meh, as if OP is to blame for how unsupportive his friends and family are.

In my opinion, you _should_ tell them. You should also tell them how you hate it that they're being so unsupportive. If they don't change, I'll echo what others said and re-evaluate your relationship with them....

I came here by following your tweet - now I really want this to happen. :)

This looks awesome - just did everything in my power to help (backed, shared, upvoted, etc). Hope we make it!

Isn't there a petition for the EU as a whole? UK is (by far) not the only country that's severely affected by this new law.

Signed and upvoted though!

1. Recreation & health. My cooking tends to be more expensive than a simple (unhealthy) takeaway meal.

2. No. I always decide on the day itself.

3. I seriously enjoy Jamie Oliver recipes (they tend to be simple, as in: throw all kinds of nice spices together) and Indian food.

4. Paleo-ish. No sugar, limited amount of carbs.

5. Watch Jamie Olivers cooking show. Plan ahead in order to save money and make your life easier.

Cooking is a wonderful skill that you develop throughout your life. I started at age 18 and am now known for my delicious cooking by my friends and family while I am only aged 24.