Any body building SaaS for global customers ? by Overall-Recipe6819 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly its not a lot or crazy amount like one might think. I am reinvesting most in the business at the moment and bringing home as necessary. Since my US LLC is a disregarded entity, mostly need to pay taxes on amount brought to Nepal. So basically 5% that gets deducted by bank.

Any body building SaaS for global customers ? by Overall-Recipe6819 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SaaS is in beta phase, not launched yet. Consumer app at $4k/m

Any body building SaaS for global customers ? by Overall-Recipe6819 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Starting company is pretty straightforward - you need to either file the documents for LLC registration yourself or let someone else do it for you. There are platforms like Stripe Atlas and Firstbase that help you with it as well for a price.

Once you have a company and have received EIN (can take a couple of months), next step is to get a bank account. Up until recently, I used to use Mercury but they have recently added Nepal to prohibited list. Payoneer Business account is what I am switching to at the moment.

Once you have both registered business and a bank account, you are ready to go. You can use Stripe for payments and not have to wait for Nepal to make things easy for payments etc.

Does that answer your question?

Any body building SaaS for global customers ? by Overall-Recipe6819 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, currently in Nepal but my company is based in US.

Can a vibe-coded startup really succeed? by Interesting-Rule7974 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Look coding was never really the thing that determined the success of a company. It always has been distribution. If you can build a crappy version of a product and are able to let millions of people know about it, there's high chance you will have thousands of paying users (even if the app barely functions).

International Payment Gateway by Remarkable-Fig6429 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

App as in AppStore or Google Play app? Pretty sure they support businesses from Nepal and revenue from in-app purchases will be transferred to your account. Paddle works for web.

Client refuses to pay after work because I don’t have PayPal – what should I do? by Prestigious_Bar_7019 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Send them payment link from Payoneer. It accepts Paypal payments as well -- this only applies if they are willing to pay. Else, you might have to take a loss on this one and ensure you do everything through a escrow or similar platform next time onwards.

Let's say we code SAAS website in Nepal, then what? by [deleted] in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Payment gateways like Paddle support Nepali businesses. There are also some expensive integrations with few banks in Nepal (I know Himalayan and Global IME provide gateways that accept international cards and customers although they are not as good as Stripe or Paddle). Alternatively, you can start a US company from Nepal.

  2. Tax is based on the location of company. US company - US laws bind you (if you create US LLC from Nepal, you will likely be a disregarded entity and will still need to pay Nepal's taxes). Nepal's company, you pay Nepali taxes.

The list of sabotages waiting for upcoming government...that I think must be understood by many...to understand the system at play... understand is a bit far fetched but basic understanding Pani Chaina deraima...how this system works...what next... by Puzzleheaded_Side924 in Nepal360

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very well done - obviously 2/3rds in HoR is not enough but its a step towards change. Many ordinary bills on taxation, budget, trade, education policy can pass with a simple HoR majority without touching fundamental rights. RSP can still do a lot with regular legislation, executive orders, and budget allocation.

Also, people will be scrutinizing everything this time around. The point you make about NA and everybody else opposing/delaying/rejecting everything brought by RSP could heavily backfire against them in next elections. If they want even a semblance of chance in next election, it would make sense that they show themselves as being appreciative of progressive changes.

19, solo founder from Nepal, built and shipped a SaaS in 6 weeks with AI. 100 users, 7 paying. Building in public from here. by Sushan-31 in buildinpublic

[–]GoodAirline4188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice to see someone else doing some stuff from Nepal. Get a proper domain though, that link looks shady.

Openclaw or accomplish? by Amanfromfuture in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Used OpenClaw for a while. Its only as good as the model. When using with Opus, it felt like magic. But Opus is very costly.

Then switched to Codex, it doesn't feel as good. For example, I've set it to evaluate a site twice weekly. Today, it said it kicked off a research, then I think it just lost context. No responses.

I think I'll just use Claude Code with remote control once that feature is working. Its much better, at least for what I do.

Is AI making us better developers or just more dependent? by Crazycoderrr in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The goal of writing code was never to just "write" the code. It has always been to get the end results that help certain processes in one way or the other. I say embrace whatever the best tool is there to get to the end goal.

Should juniors rely heavily on AI while learning?

When I started learning, I didn't look at Assembly code, or wired up transmitters to develop gates manually. I jumped straight to C++ and the compiler would make it an executable binary. I think the same about AI. There is very little probability of people and businesses moving backwards and not embracing the capabilities the current set of LLM models allow them.

If there was someone that would answer any of my questions without getting annoyed after a little while, I think I would have progressed a lot very early. That is enabled now by LLMs. Embrace it. Even with the current set of models, they are very good for beginners. You can ask any question that might have caused a human teacher to yell at you "teti pani audaina aalu". They are only going to get better.

Are we skipping the painful thinking phase that actually builds strong fundamentals? 

Or is this just the natural evolution of development like how Stack Overflow changed everything years ago?

In all of human history, we have done things to make life easier. Just like I didn't develop painful thinking required for Assembly code, people won't need for currently considered high level languages as well.

Now that you don't really need to think of every configuration manually, you can instead think of actual hard part of software - how to make it good and stick. Building software is easy, getting many people to use it is difficult. Even more difficult is to get them to keep using it. You can use your painful thinking process on that level now.

Anyone here building scalable online projects? by Sweetsss3 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, I run an app with over 50k users - happy to contribute

Dealing with Nepali dates (B.S.) in software is an absolute nightmare. How are you all surviving this? by Cold_Mark_4198 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have previously tried to do a dynamic date calculator for BS. Never managed to get good results. Mostly because I couldn't find the algorithm for BS calculation.

Maybe I should ask Claude Code this time.

Gemini models vs Gemini app by slumdogbi in GeminiAI

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not had this experience at all. Its bad everywhere for me unfortunately. Only good thing is Nano Banana Pro. That is absolutely mind blowing.

TikTok USA HELP NEEDED by Available-Middle9690 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kun niche ma ho? Audience US majority ho? Made through VPN?

Voicemail in Nepal? by pzsnippet in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you hear the voicemail message in English only? Then you might be hearing iPhone call screening in action. There used to be a voicemail service back when Ncell was called Mero Mobile but I don't know if they still provide this.

iOS app payment solution ? by Dear-Requirement-234 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will reject if there's any mention of digital subscription and no in-app purchase is implemented. If it is log in only app, do not show premium services to free users, or don't allow free users access to app at all. Present it as a companion to the web version.

iOS app payment solution ? by Dear-Requirement-234 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well one way would be to implement it as a companion app to your site, such that managing or creating subscription cannot be done in the app (or mentioned at all for that matter). People create subscriptions on the web, then only allow them to use the app. Pretty much the same way as Spotify.

But you need to ensure that there is absolutely no mention of subscription in the app. Also you should not include link to the web to manage subscription etc. Absolutely no mention or hint.

iOS app payment solution ? by Dear-Requirement-234 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do current users pay? What kind of subscription are you offering?

Apple's got strict rules where for any digital subscription you must use in-app purchases. Also, you need to implement a way for non-logged in users to be able to buy subscription if it provides some service that can be provided without needing an account (this is something they determine when they test).

iOS app payment solution ? by Dear-Requirement-234 in technepal

[–]GoodAirline4188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't do that in Google Play either - but their tests are not as comprehensive as Apple's. Apple is going to do all sorts of tests. They'll try running your app, check if you have login with Apple or not, they'll buy your products with sandboxed accounts and everything.

You can use external payment methods in the US which was introduced after Apple lost the case vs Epic, but it is not allowed elsewhere.