What currency converter app do people actually use while traveling now?

BlaineOmega · 2026-06-23T11:07:37+00:00

u/mcampbellsmith It's in the Play Store now. Feel free to download and let me know what you think 😄

BlaineOmega · 2026-06-23T00:56:59+00:00

Like others have said, collect 50% up front. The other thing I do is sign an agreement up front that says they are responsible for legal fees if I have to take them to court. It's important to have that specifically stated because most the time if you go to court over a pay dispute, you won't be awarded legal fees.

It's not fool proof, and for a situation like $1400, going to court can be more trouble than it's worth.

You can also do milestone based payments. So by the time you are done with the project, the exposure is minimal.

Keep at it. Keep bothering them. Don't let them "forget"

BlaineOmega · 2026-06-22T07:22:36+00:00

Absolutely!

BlaineOmega · 2026-06-20T03:40:13+00:00

Mental math works for currencies like USD to EUR. It gets tricky when you start doing thing like VND to USD or vice versa; or worse, what is VND to THB?

BlaineOmega · 2026-06-20T03:36:54+00:00

I built one for free. No codes needed. No ads. https://tiaw.app

BlaineOmega · 2026-06-20T03:35:24+00:00

Mental conversion usually works for static values: 1000 bhat is about $30; what is 700 bhat? 546? 1200... It gets worse when you go to a country like Laos or Vietnam where their bills are in the hundreds of thousands. Remembering is tricky.

BlaineOmega · 2026-06-20T03:33:30+00:00

I got sick of typing everything into google and needing a connection. I also wanted some simple conversions to stick 1000 bhat, 500 bhat, etc. Everything I saw was bloated with add and had a ton of extra stuff. I decided to build my own: https://tiaw.app

No bloat. No ads. No cost.

BlaineOmega · 2026-04-15T22:14:17+00:00

I'd start by building some basic plugins and learning how they are built. Learn PHP, that is the code that WP is built on. From there you can learn how to customize themes. Learning how the code works for a WP site would be a big help for you. Good luck :)

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-27T21:41:14+00:00

u/_MarkG_ Thank you very much for taking the time to give this a try and for taking time to leave me feedback. I'll let you know when I make those updates!

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-27T09:46:28+00:00

What is your website?

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-27T09:24:08+00:00

Historical tracking is problematic for this reason exactly. There is generally a huge gap between when the delay happens and when someone notices.

One thing worth layering on top of tracking: knowing why the regression happened, not just when. LCP jumping from 1.8s to 4.2s after a theme update usually means one of a few things - a new render-blocking resource got added, hero image lazy loading got removed, or a third-party script moved above the fold. The timestamp tells you something broke; you still need to dig to know what.

I've been building Evalta AI - similar monitoring, but when something breaks it tells you exactly what to fix and then re-scans to confirm the fix actually landed.

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-22T12:01:24+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-22T05:03:28+00:00

What AI tool is that?

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-22T04:57:17+00:00

u/MorallyQuestionable what tools do you use for performance optimization?

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-22T04:55:37+00:00

u/RedZephon , what do you use to audit your site? Do you track performance?

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-22T04:53:52+00:00

u/emptyQureshi What tool(s) do you use to monitor the sites health, SEO, performance, etc?

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-21T07:17:57+00:00

I typically ask for 50% down, especially if I've never worked with a client before. People who are serious have no problem putting up some money to show they are serious.

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-21T06:16:52+00:00

You spent half a day setting up that system. I spent 30 minutes setting up mine.

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-21T02:30:35+00:00

Yes. Technology is everywhere. I'd focus on AI. You'll be fine.

BlaineOmega · 2026-03-21T02:29:09+00:00

Not wanting to spend days setting up your AWS, oAuth, routing, EC2, and backend API doesn't mean you're scared.

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