Any other typescript devs on here? What's your latest project or idea? (Bonus if it's nostr related)

I'm back after a hiatus after switching phones. I'm hoping to connect with some people. We'll see.

The mainstream is safe, but the truth is often not safe. Truth tellers need to be able to risk ostracism. They're comfortable in the fringe.

Looks nice

I'm so close to making my first $1 with TakeAndPay.co

I was grinding for weeks to launch a new requested feature: live checkout. Our first customer needed to use it for a convention yesterday.

Finished the night before. Found a production issue on the day of. Intermittent. No lots besides a mysterious "failed to fetch" error. I thought I had fixed it. Nah.

My customer was primarily accepting cash, but had TakeAndPay for CC purchases. The first CC customer was late in the day, and they saw a 500 error on the return page after Stripe.

Instead of "payment complete" they saw "500 internal server error". NOT GOOD.

The damage was not irreparable though. My customer messaged me, and was gracious. Shout out to all those first customers by the way, who help us iron out those bugs. You guys rock.

The bug turned out to be a compatibility error between nodejs and next js. A super dumb type of error to be honest. There was nothing wrong with my code. It wasn't even a timing error between the stripe webhooks and the page loading. Just a dumb compatibility issue.

(Side note. It's always a catch-22 between using the bleeding edge versions of libraries and using older "stable" versions.)

Now is day two of the convention and here's hoping that I'll have my first production user and my first dollar made from this product.

I can't express how much of a milestone that would be. I've talked so long about making apps and products. To have something actually working and being used is something I'm really proud of.

1 week left to ship a new TakeAndPay feature for our first (planned) customer! We're coming in hot!!

The feature is a "live checkout" flow where the seller makes a QR code and shows it to the buyer.

(I'm sorry nostr, this is just a Stripe wrapper. Nothing Bitcoin/Web3 yet(?) because I am only human... This thing almost didn't even happen at all. I have bills to pay)

Can we normalize saying "with all respect" instead of "with all due respect"? It feels like a cheap shot.

Seller "wurknman" on eBay seems based. People who stand up for themselves in this way are reliable.

I need to remember this next time someone asks me my age.

"How old are you?"

"Older than I deserve..." (in a Dave Ramsey voice)

I need a NAP...

Dude aren't you dead?

Hiding rocks in foods 😂

Hey guys wanna transmit some money? 🤫

I'm also wondering

I am also wondering. What are the real-world implications of this vulnerability?

As a procrastinator, I worry that my startup isn't going to make it. As a deadline approaches, will I be able to implement the features that I promised?

This is why I need deadlines. So I know I'm doing something important.

And yes I know my startup isn't going to "make it" in the sense of being successful (like it could be if I gave it more time and effort and dedication)... of course. But I want to make _something_.

Maybe it'll catch on. Maybe I'll become addicted to shipping and creating products. Maybe I can eventually wean myself off of that corporate paycheck.

But alas, there is no valid sounding solution that does not involve having discipline, an order of magnitude more than I have currently.

When incompetence and malevolence are equally likely explanations... 🤕

That's "begging the question" if I ever heard it, lol — "people who don't get divorced still want to get divorced".

But I also think of people who say "why do cars break down so often?" who don't buy good cars or maintain them.

Forge a new life ahead. Find Christ.

"Polyagony" haha