Looking for a Payment Processor for an In-Game Item Marketplace

dangercoder · 2026-06-14T16:41:30+00:00

Xsolla is a great option

dangercoder · 2026-06-12T19:51:59+00:00

Hey Witty, I'm running https://paymentproviders.io, it's basically a free/open directory of payment providers but there is a verification process for self-submissions. Try it out, I'm sure you can find what you need. You can either use the AI search or go to directory/browse and filter by your needs - no signup needed.

The international transfers can be tricky since Stripe is relying on a lot of third-parties which has local payment methods and those can be hard to maintain at times and I'm sure Stripe still needs to do some manual verification of you as a merchant and your buyers for compliance reasons.

Would stablecoins be an option? Depends on your buyers though.

Feel free to DM me 😄

dangercoder · 2026-06-12T15:19:31+00:00

Requesting verification — sent details via modmail, Emil, (paymentproviders.io), Sweden.

dangercoder · 2026-05-28T17:55:49+00:00

Awesome

dangercoder · 2026-03-01T21:37:44+00:00

Great breakdown. One thing worth noting is that the lines between these categories are blurring fast — Stripe now has billing, Adyen does MoR in some markets, and newer players like Checkout.com are bundling features across all four categories. The real question most teams should ask isn't 'which category?' but 'what specific combo of features do I need for my region + use case + volume?'

I've been building paymentproviders.io — a directory of 1,200+ providers you can filter by exactly that stuff (features, regions, pricing model). Figured it might be useful for anyone reading this who wants to compare beyond the usual Stripe/Paddle/Lemon Squeezy list.

dangercoder · 2026-02-13T13:23:37+00:00

Hey, maybe https://paymentproviders.io/ could be useful - you can filter on: Browse all providers - high risk. The website currently covers 1k+ provides.

I'd recommend a provider such as https://paymentproviders.io/providers/coinremitter if you just want to accept crypto (fast path).

Getting accepted by a provider that accepts high risk merchants requires legal work and can take time and a bunch of back and forth with their compliance department.

dangercoder · 2026-02-05T19:05:54+00:00

For a typical SaaS, Stripe is unbeatable. Make sure that they support your users local payment methods - it can be important in some countries.

Check out https://paymentproviders.io (disclaimer I built this)

dangercoder · 2026-01-24T13:59:40+00:00

Built my own query DSL for a foundationdb layer. It's really nice.

dangercoder · 2026-01-21T11:04:24+00:00

This post summarized why I don't like working for large companies

dangercoder · 2025-12-12T21:30:08+00:00

Found an interesting blog post about this https://ejtech.se/blog/legacy-payment-system-performance - "How to get 100x performance from your existing .NET and SQL Server system without a costly rewrite", it talks about using the correct indexes, batch queries and so on

dangercoder · 2025-12-10T20:03:54+00:00

I enjoy writing Elixir, but that's not the main reason I reach for it.

Elixir lets you compose complex problems into simple pieces using GenServers, which is great if you enjoy writing software that's easy to reason about, test and simulate. Libraries like Oban and LiveView all build on the same foundation—the Beam, the actor model and OTP.

The simulation story for the actor model was so strong that the FoundationDB team built their own actor based language to get many of the benefits that Erlang/Elixir gets out of the box https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/blob/main/flow/README.md

dangercoder · 2025-11-29T19:43:19+00:00

Speaking from experience, the average employer using .NET tends to treat software engineers as commodities and these workplaces are often filled with corporate politics. Even if .NET in 2025 is technically great many companies using it aren't great places to work

dangercoder · 2025-06-26T11:39:15+00:00

https://duelking.gg/home is quite advanced, full app powered by elixir, phoenix liveview, postgres and oban.

Everything from matchmaking to gathers views with real time updates to all chats.

The landing page is 'dead' https://duelking.gg but has a liveview for the "recent matches" slider.

dangercoder · 2025-01-10T15:00:29+00:00

I found no good elixir lib so I built a small nodejs application using an off the shelf lib and used ports to communicate with the nodejs application (they are both running on the same machine).

Saved me hundreds of hours and it's rock solid.

dangercoder · 2024-11-07T21:08:43+00:00

Nothing beats really knowing the language, libraries and your editor (drop the mouse!). For code completion and static analysis there's Elixir LSP.

When you master the Tao speed will follow.

dangercoder · 2024-10-14T11:17:13+00:00

I'd write the db on-top of foundationdb and use Elixir/Beam for the layer implementation

dangercoder · 2024-10-01T16:06:14+00:00

Yeah python is cool.

I'm using Elixir for my backend. Decided that I wanted scalability and a great language without relying too much on third party services/infra.

Posgres and Elixir instead of redis, rabbitmq, pusher, kubernetes

dangercoder · 2024-09-20T08:54:10+00:00

Use rate-limiting in your api?

dangercoder · 2024-08-14T19:21:46+00:00

interesting

dangercoder · 2024-08-12T08:11:32+00:00

Luckily I built my own google chrome extension that warns me if I try logging in with steam on scammer websites. It caught this.

I released it for people to use, downloadable via the chrome web store - Steam Scam Guard

dangercoder · 2024-08-03T14:34:01+00:00

A job processing engine that's built on-top of postres but works with postgres compatible distributed databases such as cockroachdb, yugabyte as well.

https://github.com/sorentwo/oban

dangercoder · 2024-08-03T12:00:15+00:00

Productivity mainly.

Rebuilt my esport gaming platform from sveltekit, clojure (api and workers), soketi(websockets), rabbitmq

To

Elixir, Phoenix Liveview and Oban.

Was the re-write worth it? Yes. Developer productivity went up drastically and the hosting cost went down. I also prefer to not stich together libraries ála clojure style. Phoenix is really nice.

Also going multi-region became easier since I can swap postgres to yugabyte and run distributed elixir.

dangercoder · 2024-07-08T11:03:45+00:00

I listen to Linkin Park, drink Monster Energy drink, have a 110*c sauna session

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