--- title: Earning $10K with 161 Lines of JavaScript — Mirat Can Bayrak description: A developer from India built a simple Fortnite countdown timer website using 161 lines of JavaScript. The site ran for four years with zero maintenance,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vhyopfeqj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Earning $10K with 161 Lines of JavaScript — Mirat Can Bayrak | daily.dev og:description: A developer from India built a simple Fortnite countdown timer website using 161 lines of JavaScript. The site ran for four years with zero maintenance,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vhyopfeqj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vhyOpFeqJ.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Earning $10K with 161 Lines of JavaScript — Mirat Can Bayrak **[Solopreneur](https://daily.dev/sources/solopreneur)** · [@mirro](https://daily.dev/mirro) · 237 upvotes · 25 comments ## Summary A developer from India built a simple Fortnite countdown timer website using 161 lines of JavaScript. The site ran for four years with zero maintenance, generating $200/month through AdSense ads for three years ($7,200 total), then sold on Flippa for $3,500. The story demonstrates how a simple idea and minimal implementation can create meaningful passive income, challenging the notion that modern software development requires significant time and complexity to be profitable. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@princekumar95** · 27 upvotes > This is a great reminder that impact doesn’t always come from complex systems. A simple idea, executed well and left running, can outperform over-engineered projects when it comes to real-world value. **@nubprogrammer** · 5 upvotes > wild how 161 lines of js + a clear idea outperformed half the “full-stack saas” projects out there. simple solves + patience > overengineering. priyam raj cooked fr. **@theubaidistan** · 3 upvotes > Saas Application Integration Or Nothing Else! **@thr4sher** · 3 upvotes > But what exactly is the countdown for? (I don't play fortnite) **@shishirchandhragoudmachapuram** · 1 upvotes > That's a great insight ...which I realised was if we had an idea, a good idea, just lock in and develop that idea! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#passive-income](https://daily.dev/tags/passive-income) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vhyopfeqj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/vhyopfeqj","headline":"Earning $10K with 161 Lines of JavaScript — Mirat Can Bayrak","text":"Shared: Earning $10K with 161 Lines of JavaScript — Mirat Can Bayrak","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vhyopfeqj","datePublished":"2025-12-31T22:36:27.442Z","dateModified":"2025-12-31T22:37:02.615Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mirat Can Bayrak","url":"https://daily.dev/mirro","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/140968?v=4","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":280}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":237},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":25}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/FwQ5iEgHz"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is a great reminder that impact doesn’t always come from complex systems. 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