Tag: payments

I Built Two Stripe Integrations in the Same Codebase. They Share Almost Zero Billing Code.

Why per-session payments and prepaid credit systems demand completely different architectures — even when they use the same Stripe account, the same API keys, and the same developer.

85/15 Almost Killed My Marketplace — The Hidden Economics of Two-Tier Billing

How Vibe implements an 85/15 revenue split with Stripe Connect, referral bonuses, minimum payout thresholds, and why getting marketplace economics wrong kills platforms faster than bad code.

I Made Billing Invisible. Now My Developers Ship Paid Features Without Writing a Single Line of Payment Code.

How Vibe's billingGuard middleware intercepts paid API calls, pushes approval requests via SSE, auto-renders payment modals, and settles transactions — without feature developers touching payment logic.

Your SaaS Handles Money With a Balance Column. That's Why Your Numbers Don't Add Up at 2 AM.

How I built NostroLedger — a double-entry accounting system inside PostgreSQL that tracks every cent flowing through a real-time mentoring platform, and why 700-year-old bookkeeping principles will save your startup.