Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017?

Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? by exikyut on Sunday December 31, 2017 @07:28PM (#16043868)

(Moral of story: don't announce genuinely amazing new initiatives without taking the time to get the donation links working first!)

Curious how/why something like PayPal/Stripe integration couldn't be done in a short amount of time. Not as a criticism, just "is this actually technically hard?" (or is it just a time issue?)

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Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? by songzme on Sunday December 31, 2017 @07:46PM (#16043931)

1. I was genuinely sharing what I did this year, was not hoping for any positive financial outcomes.

2. Integration with non-profits donations is not trivial. After registering as a non-profit, it takes some time for the list of registered non-profits to propagate through to donation tools (facebook, gofundme, etc). Sometimes, I have to fax in documents to prove legitimacy, and it takes a few days for that to process. I could easily create a gofundme for "help me do x" in my name instead of the non-profit's, but I didn't want to do that.

Hope that clears things up.

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Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? by danenania on Monday January 01, 2018 @01:00AM (#16044921)

Check out givelively.org for (free) Stripe-based nonprofit fundraising and payment tools. I used to work there and they are doing a great job simplifying the process. I'm happy to put you in touch with the team if it's helpful.

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Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? by songzme on Monday January 01, 2018 @02:37AM (#16045148)

givelively.org is amazing. Signed up and would love to be put in touch. song garagescript org

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Re:Ask HN: What did you work on in 2017? by exikyut on Monday January 01, 2018 @08:18AM (#16045959)

I see. Thanks for the clarification, very interesting.

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