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Payments workflows, comparisons, and field notes
Posts that bridge the gap between Flint’s landing pages and the API docs: workflows, comparison points, and the operational questions that show up before you sign up.
Collect Deposits With Payment Links
How to use payment links for booking deposits without losing structure on the final balance.
Next.js and Stripe: What the Tutorials Leave Out
The Next.js Stripe tutorials stop at the Checkout Session and the webhook. Stripe's own docs ask for more, and production asks for more still.
Partial Refunds Start With Order Structure
Why partial refunds are easier when the order, not the charge, is the system of record.
Payment Links for Field Services
When field-service businesses should use payment links, and when they need orders behind them.
Should My SaaS Become a Payfac?
The costs are real numbers, the revenue is a spread, and the threshold everyone quotes depends on who is quoting it. The decision, worked with attributed figures instead of folklore.
Stripe vs Order-First Payment APIs
When charge-first APIs stop being enough, and why order-first payment infrastructure matters.
What's in a Name? Square Items ☕ vs Shopify Products 📦
Why Flint Pay renamed catalog Items to Products, and how API naming shapes developer mental models.