Startup Stories
1046 upvotes: The ProductHunt playbook that made Lago product of the month
Curious about launching on Product Hunt? We’re sharing our internal guide with tips and lessons learned from our successful launch.
Finn Lobsien
Engineering
Timezones: survival tips for engineers
Any engineer who once had to deal with timezones will tell you: time zones can be a nightmare. Here's how we tackled it at Lago.
Pricing & Monetization
8 things to consider when choosing your billing system
Evaluate billing systems across scalability, transparency, real-time data, pricing models, and more. So your revenue engine grows with your business.
Engineering
ORMs are criticized for the wrong reasons
ORMs, often criticized, are typically misused rather than inherently flawed. While they present challenges in visibility and performance, correct usage can mitigate these issues.
Interviews
'Shape Up' Ryan Singer's advice to YC companies
Ryan Singer, Product Strategy at Basecamp, gives 5 key product advice to Y Combinator startups.
Interviews
Learnings from 30 years in Go-To-Market: a chat with Jim Stoneham
Interview with Jim Stoneham on Go-To-Market, Pricing, and Strategy. He gives insight from 30 years of experience in companies like Stripe, Apple, Yahoo and Newrelic.
Pricing & Monetization
The Time Zone Challenge in Global Product Development and Billing
Here is how we approached time zones at Lago (we build open-source metering and usage-based billing) and why you might need to think about time zones for your own product too, if you’re addressing a global customer base.
Product
Introducing the feature Fintechs were asking for
Instant charge is a feature created for fintechs. It enables them to charge their end users instantly after an event.
Product
Grace period to adjust invoice usage
Use Grace Periods to gain flexibility when invoicing usage.
Pricing & Monetization
Bill your customers in their timezone, not yours
By billing with your customers based on their timezone, you make sure that billing information is simple for them to understand and to agree with.
Startup Stories
Post-mortem of our 1st YC startup: a Reverse ETL
We thought we had made something people wanted. Our first startup was actually a vitamin.
Engineering
How we got our first 1000 Github stars for our Open Source project
We finally reached this milestone 180 days after opening our repo. What was our journey like?