--- title: "Discussion on \"What I Built in the Last Year: A List of Failures\" | Hashnode" description: "Discussion on \"What I Built in the Last Year: A List of Failures\". 4 web apps, 3 open source tools, one book, 250+ users, and 25 dollars. An honest look at the gap between shipping things and getting paid for them." url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-built-in-the-last-year-a-list-of-failures/6ac302b7e27a522dc07fbe16" --- [Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) / Discussion # [What I Built in the Last Year: A List of Failures](https://blog.nandan.dev/what-i-built-in-the-last-year-a-list-of-failures?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) 4 web apps, 3 open source tools, one book, 250+ users, and 25 dollars. An honest look at the gap between shipping things and getting paid for them. Oct 5 · 5 min read · blog.nandan.dev Read the article ## Written by [Nandan Kumar](https://hashnode.com/@sirius93) @sirius93 · Bangalore, India [View profile](https://hashnode.com/@sirius93) Software Engineer • Mentor • Tech Speaker I am Nandan, And you probably know me as a "Software Engineer who "hacked" an Airline to retrieve his luggage". I am a full-time Software Engineer, Tech Speaker, and mentor. I enjoy talking about Web Development, Machine Learning, Natural language Processing, Machine learning Accelerated Mobile Pages, Progressive Web Apps, Cybersecurity, Chatbots, etc. My claim to fame was when I posted a series of tweets on Twitter about data privacy issues on an airline’s website and the tweet got viral for all the good reasons. The story was covered by all major media portals all around the world including BBC, Saudi Gazette, Times of India, Boing Boing, Lallantop etc. and I have been interviewed by some major radio channels and podcasts. In my free time, I like to indulge myself in activities like Photography, Gardening, Snooker, or Boxing. I am a proud owner of many plants, I sometimes talk to them (mostly pep talks). ## Responses 5 Markdown supported · ⌘↵ to post [Blaze](https://hashnode.com/@moon321) [Oct 5](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-built-in-the-last-year-a-list-of-failures/6ac302b7e27a522dc07fbe16/comment/6ac39132dbcf32694765e059) Respect for sharing the numbers so openly. Shipping this much in a year is already more than most people ever do. The revenue may be small now, but the experience and feedback you’ve collected can compound into something much bigger. [Nandan Kumar](https://hashnode.com/@sirius93) [Nov 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-built-in-the-last-year-a-list-of-failures/6ac302b7e27a522dc07fbe16/comment/6ac39132dbcf32694765e059#reply-6aeae382a8b7e3b87d50af72) Thank you for your kind words :) [Rishita Sharma](https://hashnode.com/@narawaybuilder) [Oct 5](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-built-in-the-last-year-a-list-of-failures/6ac302b7e27a522dc07fbe16/comment/6ac36bd88247e4b88209a243) Writing the totals in one place takes more honesty than most launch posts. I have had the same experience of looking at each project separately and feeling like it was almost working. Seeing that 200 signups turned into two paying users on the strongest one is actually a useful signal, because it tells you people want the idea but something about the value or the pricing moment is off. If I were in your position I would talk to those two paying users before building anything new. Curious what they said made it worth paying for. [Nandan Kumar](https://hashnode.com/@sirius93) [Nov 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-built-in-the-last-year-a-list-of-failures/6ac302b7e27a522dc07fbe16/comment/6ac36bd88247e4b88209a243#reply-6aeae391380c4a89bc1cdf9a) Thank you for your kind words.