Indie devs die at the checkout page: payments, not code, is the real barrier
sujingshen · x · 2026-10-11
Echoing @yueke's point that indie developers fail not at coding but at the settlement page, @sujingshen notes that payments, tax and compliance have become the hardest last mile as technical barriers fall — code can be done in a night, while收款 setup can stall for two weeks.
His advice: beginners should skip the optimal solution and just get a working payment flow to collect their first dollar, even at a high fee. Whoever makes cross-border payments one-click accessible wins indie devs' wallets.
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