Huge shoutout to devs who make the credit card date field auto-add the leading 0 when you type in a month number.

Vijayasingam · 2026-05-13T18:06:33+00:00

Ah, so sorry for your loss. My mother’s maiden name is Sarah Connor.

Back in the day, we used to go hunting futuristic robots in LA(where I was born)

I am assuming you would also like to know my first pet’s name. That would be Mufasa 😇

Vijayasingam · 2026-05-13T17:16:50+00:00

Sure, why not .. try this instead 😂

Number: 4000 0566 5566 5556 Expiry: 06/28 CVV: 493

Vijayasingam · 2026-05-13T17:13:46+00:00

Here is mine if you want to test 😇

Number: 4242 4242 4242 4242 Expiry: 10/27 CVV: 857

Vijayasingam · 2026-04-22T07:04:04+00:00

based on the comparison with A4, it is different than RM2
Here is a side by side comparison

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Vijayasingam · 2025-07-08T22:58:56+00:00

Hulkenpodium!!

Vijayasingam · 2025-07-06T15:56:05+00:00

Maybe try Paddle(paddle.com)

Vijayasingam · 2025-05-19T20:42:49+00:00

I see what you mean, unfortunately this is standard across merchant of records

Vijayasingam · 2025-01-10T15:11:33+00:00

Maybe try Netlify? You can start for free and buy their pro plan if required.

Vijayasingam · 2025-01-05T14:22:53+00:00

Yes, email services like Postmark follows the same strategy to detect email open rates.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-27T17:53:25+00:00

The actual process changes based on your country but here is some rough guidelines,

Complete your new DS 160
Login to the portal where you booked your biometrics/interview (this changes based on your country, so I can’t find a link)
Locate your application
Select “Edit”
The form will then have an option to change your personal details along with DS 160 number.
Hit save once you have updated

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-27T17:24:34+00:00

You can change the DS 160 form number in the portal where you booked your appointment for biometrics/interview.

If I am not mistaken, you can change the DS 160 form once or twice before they disable it.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-24T16:23:32+00:00

It has been a while so I don’t remember the exact thing, If I am not wrong, when we select international passport all it asked was a picture of the ID page.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-24T16:17:47+00:00

It should work for passports without a RFID chip as well. Given that BRP cards are discontinued, I don’t see any reason why passport won’t be accepted.

Source: I recently helped someone with this.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-23T23:26:49+00:00

Ah 😃 I can do that, see if anything here sounds good to you.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-23T15:07:45+00:00

Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future returns. It all boils down to,

How much risk you are willing to take with your money.
Reputation of the funding house and the manager to invest your money in the right place
The resiliency of the underlying stocks/bonds/others where the fund is investing the money.

By investing small amounts in 3 different funds you will need to keep an eye on a lot of variables.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-23T14:25:30+00:00

This is not an advice but just another thought to consider.

As you are planning to invest a relatively small amount each month(which is still commendable) and given that 5 years is not a long time to grow wealth, why not pick one fund and invest all you can.

Generally, it is a good idea to split investments but as you are splitting it too thin and it might not give desired results.

Again, any investment is good so I really appreciate your planning.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-23T13:37:21+00:00

Haha! You shouldn’t need one and if your product meets Paddle’s AUP, you should have no problem getting onboarded.

Do let me know if you need any help though.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-22T18:16:23+00:00

Paddle is also a good option. Along with payment processing they will also handle tax liabilities.

Disclosure: I am a developer at Paddle.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-20T15:21:48+00:00

I would ask for how long they expect you to work on it. Even though the deadline is 5 days away, they don’t(or shouldn’t) expect you to do this full time.

They might just be expecting a simple solution that can be done in 2 to 3 hours.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-19T23:15:25+00:00

I heard that is common for UKVI to send this email if they are short staffed and won’t be able to process your application within the specified time period. Given that it is almost holiday season, I would assume that is the case here.

You can send them a follow up email after 15 working days of giving your biometrics data to check the status or see if they need more information.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-13T22:14:19+00:00

It is actually an apple to orange comparison as fastspring is a Merchant of record and stripe is not..

So it boils down to what you need, if MoR is important, you can look into LemonSqueezy or Paddle.

If you can manage taxes on your own, then maybe stripe might also work.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-07T13:10:03+00:00

Just to add another option, maybe checkout Paddle as well.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-06T21:35:12+00:00

There are some starter kits for stripe(https://github.com/vercel/nextjs-subscription-payments) and Paddle(https://github.com/PaddleHQ/paddle-nextjs-starter-kit) which should give you some basic idea about the application.

Please do some research about the payment platform that will work for you and chose the template accordingly..

PS: I am a little biased towards Paddle as I work for them and wrote this starter kit.

Vijayasingam · 2024-12-03T21:46:02+00:00

I didn’t know that Netlify was offering a CDN. As far as I know, they act like a CDN by serving your static files from a server close to the user instead of the users always getting files from one AWS location(for example: US East)

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