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Closer-to-the metal integrations with providers is definitely a big headache. Solving that problem takes a bit longer because you need bank partnerships, in man
by agreeahmed 11mo ago
Closer-to-the metal integrations with providers is definitely a big headache. Solving that problem takes a bit longer because you need bank partnerships, in many cases have to pass compliance screens, etc. We're aiming to tackle the more tractable part first which is the developer experience
- koakuma-chan 11mo agoIf you're trying to be like Vercel—it's a red flag for any reasonable person when you clearly spent more effort on your landing page than your actual product. What made Stripe so successful is that, I personally would not even attempt, like you said, "integrations with providers" "bank partnerships" "compliance screens" because that sounds basically impossible.
- irisman 11mo ago"It's hard so you shouldn't try doing it" thank you, very productive reply
- koakuma-chan 11mo agoI'm not saying they shouldn't be doing that. It's actually the opposite—they got the VC money, they might as well do something actually useful with it.
- agreeahmed 11mo agoThat's definitely the gameplan. We believe very sincerely that developers deserve more choice when it comes to payments than they currently have. It's a central reason why we started building this. It just takes longer to make progress on that problem because of all the institutions involved.
- harrisontelyan 11mo agowe're lucky enough to have a founding designer who makes it look easy in about a week - we spent about a year on the product in silence.