Episodes

  • AI API cost protection: How to stop free users from running up your bill

    AI API cost protection: How to stop free users from running up your bill
    Jul 2 2026
    One free user asks a short question and costs you almost nothing. Another uploads a long document, triggers several model calls, and turns your “generous” free tier into an $18...
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  • Product validation for AI apps: How to know if users will pay

    Product validation for AI apps: How to know if users will pay
    Jun 25 2026
    Whether your AI app is built on top of an existing model has nothing to do with whether users will pay for it. That worry just costs you time because...
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  • How software makers accept payments globally without registering for VAT in 100+ countries

    How software makers accept payments globally without registering for VAT in 100+ countries
    Jun 24 2026
    You can launch a SaaS and accept payments globally in a matter of hours. But every new market brings tax, invoicing, and compliance rules that your checkout does not handle...
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  • How to add payments to an AI app without breaking the backend

    How to add payments to an AI app without breaking the backend
    Jun 17 2026
    The moment people are ready to pay, your AI app stops being just a prototype. Now comes the part that feels riskier than shipping the product itself: adding payments without...
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  • Speed Booster for ChatGPT: How a solo maker turned a frozen screen into a 60,000-user product

    Speed Booster for ChatGPT: How a solo maker turned a frozen screen into a 60,000-user product
    Jun 10 2026
    For the better part of a decade, Bram van der Giessen worked on software where performance problems have nowhere to hide. Most recently, that meant streaming: keeping video running smoothly...
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  • Payment processing for SaaS: How to set up billing, taxes, and compliance without losing your mind

    Payment processing for SaaS: How to set up billing, taxes, and compliance without losing your mind
    Jun 3 2026
    You shipped your product, you’re ready to charge for it, and now you need a payment setup that won’t turn into a compliance nightmare the moment you sell outside your...
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  • Release notes: RTL language support for checkout and emails, Sticklight integration, and platform improvements

    Release notes: RTL language support for checkout and emails, Sticklight integration, and platform improvements
    Jun 2 2026
    May’s release is about reach. RTL language support at checkout and in transactional emails gives makers selling in local markets a checkout and email experience that matches the rest of...
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  • Payment platform restrictions for AI apps: What Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, and Stripe allow in 2026

    Payment platform restrictions for AI apps: What Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, and Stripe allow in 2026
    May 27 2026
    You pick a payment platform, integrate it, and ship. Then you find out your product violates their acceptable use policy. Payment platform restrictions for AI apps are one of the...
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