throwaway74567

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by throwaway74567 3y ago
I see Java/Kotlin as a secret weapon for startups. Too often I read about startups that struggle with immature libraries, smaller eco systems and reinventing basic functionality. Problems that they would not have if they chose a mature
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by throwaway74567 3y ago
That's a good approach if the worker is connected to the database. If an external process is responsible for marking a job as done, you could add a timestamp column that will act as a timeout. The column will be updated before the job
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by throwaway74567 3y ago
You can get dedup with some queues, like SQS
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by throwaway74567 3y ago
I don't see any dishonesty here. They are in fact covering the fee out of the 5%. That means they are taking less than what "reasonable" persons think in your opinion. The text may be imprecise, but it's a long way from
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by throwaway74567 3y ago
Please take more time to read the context. If you read the post that I replied to instead of jumping to conclusions, you will find that you are incorrect $25 refers to the 5% fee of the total amount ($500) that the site takes. I said that m
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by throwaway74567 3y ago
I think your approach is reasonable. There will always be comments from people who think everything should be "free" without considering costs. In a perfect world, Stripe and the credit card companies could waive the fees for dona
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by throwaway74567 3y ago
My guess is that more than half of that $25 goes to the payment provider (Stripe etc.). Maybe more. The remaining ~$10 will go to thaks.dev to cover operational costs, administration and other expenses. I don't expect them to work for