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wenbin
1,859karma·556submissions·August 31, 2014
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Maker of the best podcast search engine and podcast api: ListenNotes.com & PodcastAPI.com
Email: wenbin@listennotes.com
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Thanks for the feedback! > 1. The exchange rates are confusing to me. For example, on the page for Chase Ultimate Rewards, I see things like
> Exchange Rate (USD)
> 2.00¢ : 1.20¢ > H…
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Thanks for the suggestion. This is on the roadmap. Step 1 (almost done with v1): Have a database with rewards programs names & base transfer rate (which don't change often). Step 2 (TODO): Ad…
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Thanks for the feedback :) Yes, it’s on the roadmap. However, in practice, indirect transfers usually don’t give you good exchange rates - I might be wrong though
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Absolutely. As you accrue more experience in the software industry, whether as an engineer or a technical founder, it's not as though you become capable of writing code ten times faster. What tru…
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What do you mean by "day-to-day operations with multiple dashboards"? I seldom log into either the PayPal or Stripe dashboards. I've developed several integrations into our internal too…
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In the early years of ListenNotes.com , one of the most impactful decisions I made was to integrate PayPal, in addition to Stripe. It's true that PayPal's integration process is less develop…
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It’s time to advocate subscription by day! Instead of Monthly Billing, a Daily Alternative for SaaS:
https://www.listennotes.com/blog/instead-of-monthly-billing-... …
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reading these comments, it’s clear that cloud based saas is and will continue to be a great business :) self hosting is a cool thing if you have the time & expertise to do it right. oftentimes thi…
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Congrats on the launch! btw - It's great to see the use of various 3rd tools to launch an API business: - auth0-hosted page for login - stripe-hosted checkout page for billing - metabase for user…
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it works well ! https://phind.com/search?q=show+ruby+code+snippet+to+search+... …
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If you like Cloudflare and want to host a few GB media files (e.g., audio, video...) for free, then you can try microfeed: https://github.com/microfeed/microfeed …