# Studio
> Sidehunt Studio — long-form content for makers.

```yaml
url: "https://sidehunt.io/studio"
markdown: "https://sidehunt.io/studio.md"
title: Studio
description: Sidehunt Studio — long-form content for makers.
site: Sidehunt
```

## Overview

Sidehunt Studio — long-form content for makers.

## Entries

- [How to Monitor a Side Project During Your Day Job](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-monitor-a-side-project-during-your-day-job) — [Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-monitor-a-side-project-during-your-day-job.md): Monitor a side project during your day job: uptime checks, error alerts and job heartbeats, split so only real outages reach your phone and the rest waits.
- [How to Keep Your Side Project's Monthly Bills Under $20](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-keep-your-side-project-monthly-bills-under-20) — [Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-keep-your-side-project-monthly-bills-under-20.md): Keep side project bills under $20 a month: a one-evening bill audit, a small stack, free-tier fine print, hard spend caps on AI APIs and a renewals calendar.
- [How to Start Charging for a Side Project While You Have a Day Job](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-start-charging-for-a-side-project-with-a-day-job) — [Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-start-charging-for-a-side-project-with-a-day-job.md): Taking your first payment with a day job: check your contract, choose Stripe or a merchant of record, sell one plan, keep records and set calm refund rules.
- [How to Steal One Weekly Distribution Habit That Fits a Side Project](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-steal-one-weekly-distribution-habit-for-a-side-project) — [Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-steal-one-weekly-distribution-habit-for-a-side-project.md): Pick one weekly distribution habit that fits nights and weekends: channel rules, a 60-minute block, a simple scorecard, a 14-day sprint, and traps that kill consistency.
- [How to Validate a Side Project Idea With Five Conversations Before You Build](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-validate-a-side-project-idea-with-five-conversations) — [Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-validate-a-side-project-idea-with-five-conversations.md): A nights-and-weekends playbook: validate a side project with five real conversations before you build — who to ask, a 20-minute script, a simple log sheet, go/pivot/stop signals, and a 14-day sprint that fits around a day job.
- [How to Keep a Side Project Alive Through the Week-Three Motivation Dip](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-keep-a-side-project-alive-through-week-three-dip) — [Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-keep-a-side-project-alive-through-week-three-dip.md): A practical nights-and-weekends playbook for the week-three motivation dip: diagnose the dip, shrink the next ship, protect two evenings, and decide whether to reset or pause.
- [How to Decide Whether to Kill, Pause, or Double Down on a Side Project](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-decide-kill-pause-or-double-down-side-project) — [Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-decide-kill-pause-or-double-down-side-project.md): A practical nights-and-weekends rubric to kill, pause, or double down on a side project—four scoring axes, a one-evening workshop, and email templates that end the fog.
- [How to Scope a Side Project MVP You Can Actually Ship on Weekends](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-scope-a-side-project-mvp-you-can-ship-on-weekends) — [Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-scope-a-side-project-mvp-you-can-ship-on-weekends.md): A practical playbook for nights-and-weekends builders to cut scope, pick a weekend-maintainable MVP, and ship without burning out or rebuilding forever.
- [How to Find Paying Customers for a Side Project Without Quitting Your Job](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-find-paying-customers-for-a-side-project-without-quitting-your-job) — [Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio/how-to-find-paying-customers-for-a-side-project-without-quitting-your-job.md): Practical playbook for nights-and-weekends founders to find paying customers for a side project—without quitting your job or waiting on a perfect launch.

## Links

- [HTML version](https://sidehunt.io/studio)
- [AI-friendly Markdown](https://sidehunt.io/studio.md)
- [llms.txt index](https://sidehunt.io/llms.txt)

_HTML version: https://sidehunt.io/studio_