← ALL TAGS

Tag: payments

4 articles tagged “payments” on Oak Oliver Engineering, newest first. The latest is “I Built Two Stripe Integrations in the Same Codebase. They Share Almost Zero Billing Code.”.

Architecture

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.

February 9, 2026 9 min read
Read Story →
Billing

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.

February 8, 2026 11 min read
Read Story →
Architecture

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.

January 30, 2026 9 min read
Read Story →
Architecture

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.

January 24, 2026 9 min read
Read Story →