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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3427 - Q&A: “Is there a template to make an app or other software?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Side Hustle, Small Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship,, Entrepreneurship

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today’s listener is looking for a template to make a website that has some specific functionality—in her case, a combination of Craigslist and Airbnb.


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0:00.0

Today's listener is looking for a template to make a website that has some specific functionality.

0:13.9

So she's got an idea to make a website. In this case, it's a combination of Craigslist and Airbnb.

0:20.4

She'll talk about her specific idea.

0:22.5

Basically, what she's wondering is, where can you find something like this?

0:25.7

Does it exist?

0:27.1

Or perhaps something similar for another purpose.

0:30.2

So I don't like to say, like, things are easy, especially when it comes to programming

0:35.0

or doing something technical that requires support.

0:37.7

Sometimes you think things are easy, then you get into them and you realize, oh, like the first

0:41.5

80% was easy, but the last 20% is actually pretty hard.

0:45.8

However, in this case, there actually might be a simple solution.

0:49.0

So I'm going to do my best to give her a helpful answer and try to help you as well.

0:53.6

If you're thinking about an idea

0:55.1

you have, how do you bring that idea to life? What does it look like? I'm going to give a couple of

0:59.4

recommendations in my answer to hopefully get somebody out there thinking and taking action.

1:03.9

That's what we're all about here on the podcast, thinking, coming up with ideas and then not

1:07.8

just stopping there, but going forward to take action on your ideas.

1:11.5

So today's question, is there a template to make an app or other software, detailed question

1:16.0

and my response coming right up.

1:35.1

Hi, Chris. This is Audras from Los Angeles, California, and I've been listening to your podcast for several years now.

1:45.0

I've been thinking about starting a side hustle, but my main roadblock is setting up a website with functionality for listing rooms for rent, writing reviews, and possibly exchanging payment. Think of it as a hybrid between Craigslist and Airbnb.

1:49.0

In episode 1291, you showcased a different Chris, who scoured the web looking for a pre-made piece of software

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