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Re:Things I learned while developing a billing system by icedchai on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:00PM (#26707170)
yes. I wrote a recurring billing system for a hosting provider, back in the early 2000's. I think I settled on min(day_of_original_order, num_of_days_in_month) for when an order would bill.
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Re:Things I learned while developing a billing system by mr-wendel on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @10:36AM (#26712271)
Oh boy, those were the days. I imagine you're well aware of the DreamHost debacle around their own home-grown billing engine!

Looking back I'm amazed at how easily companies got off the ground by hiring eager (but exceptionally green) young web devs to write sensitive code for ordering/sign-up, recurring billing, and more.

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Re:Things I learned while developing a billing system by icedchai on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @10:59AM (#26712592)
Well, it was my own company with 2 other folks. There was no reasonable alternative in 2001, really.
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