The Payments Engineer Playbook

The Payments Engineer Playbook

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What payment providers can learn from Go contexts
GOTO may have been “considered harmful” since 1968.
Oct 22 • 
Alvaro Duran
Ouch! What To Do When A Payment Fails
Categorizing errors, and learning to live with the disappointing Do Not Honor
Jun 11 • 
Alvaro Duran
The Technical Face of Payments as a Service
How can technology make payment processing easier? Let me give you 4 ways, and a litmus test.
May 21 • 
Alvaro Duran
Why Orchestration Matters To Payments Engineers
System mitosis, Tech companies as federations, and you
Feb 19 • 
Alvaro Duran
Hard-won Insights as a Service: The value of Payments Orchestration
As the traditional tools for payment performance gets commoditized away, their complement gets scarcer, less replicable, and more valuable.
Feb 12 • 
Alvaro Duran
Payments Patterns: Elements of Reusable Money Software
Laying the foundations for a builder-centric catalog of payment methods
Jan 2 • 
Alvaro Duran
Payment for Payment Flow: How revenue sharing agreements impact payment orchestration
Markets that compete on volume often share some of their revenue with their intermediaries
Nov 13, 2024 • 
Alvaro Duran
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