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Re: Show HN: I built a message board where you pay to be the homepage

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ktoo_ wrote: post #10
SayThatSh wrote: post #9

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Heya! I'll answer each question individually, definitely let me know if you'd like any clarification though :P TL;DR: Concurrent bids: First payment to complete wins; everyone else gets auto-refunded and notified. Uses version checking in the database so no one pays for a post that's already been replaced. Vibe coding: Started from a half-finished project by a dev team that ghosted. Took over and built the rest with…

Well congratulations! You've produced the thing you wanted to make and that's awesome! And I bet you learned heaps along the way. We're moving into a really weird time where this grade of thing you have made with its robust infrastructure is going to be absolutely everywhere. Those things won't be the differentiating factor. It will be taste, opinion, and passion. I'll probably be a meme in ten years for this but I d…

Much appreciated! It really is quite amazing how 'easy' it is to get going without what used to be multiple textbooks' worth of foundational knowledge. I will say, having reasonable technical background, that I do totally get the hate people have towards vibe-coded apps. I wish maybe they were more discerning with it over blanket-rejection but with some of what I've seen out there, many concerns are quite valid.

I too highly doubt my site will be any significant money maker but despite it being part of the core mechanic, I'm mostly just happy realizing a shower thought in a way that was previously completely unattainable haha. If nothing else, the EFF will be getting at least $17.77 at the end of the month so I can say some non-personal good came of it.

Thanks again and hope you have a wonderful week!

Re: Show HN: I built a message board where you pay to be the homepage

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Post by dylanhouli »

Interesting idea. Since it costs (at the moment) less than a dollar to post a message, does that still work well with Stripe?

I'm always a bit worried about making super low priced services myself with Stripe, mainly cause I've heard that's a common target for credit card testing fraud, but interested to hear your thoughts.

Re: Show HN: I built a message board where you pay to be the homepage

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dylanhouli wrote: post #14

Interesting idea. Since it costs (at the moment) less than a dollar to post a message, does that still work well with Stripe? I'm always a bit worried about making super low priced services myself with Stripe, mainly cause I've heard that's a common target for credit card testing fraud, but interested to hear your thoughts.

Thanks! And it does actually. I basically set all messages prior to the 50 cent value being hit as free just to promote early engagement and prevent transaction failures (Stripe suggest $0.50 as a minimum). But generally speaking, their (online transaction) fees are 2.9% + $0.30 so there's solid headroom.

I've got lots of features on both the frontend and backend to prevent automated behavior that could be problematic. But ultimately nothing is stopping someone from throwing a random number into the payment modal to see if it works (though they'd still have to enter an email, zip, expiration, and CVV too).

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