Get paid when selling online – this is where online payment solutions come in.
8 Nov 2021
Calculate the cost per invoice to benchmark Accounts Payable.
Could a payment aggregator help your business process payments?
We look at the disparity behind mobile and desktop conversion rates
Working with arrays is an essential skill in any programming language, especially JavaScript, as we continue to rely on external data APIs. JavaScript has added methods like find and `findIndex recently, but one syntax I love from languages like Python is retrieving values by negative indexes. When you want to get the value of the last item in an array,…
Three major tools that companies have to influence behavior are incentives, process, and culture. People often mean different things when talking about these, so I'll provide an example of each so we're on the same page (if you think that I should be using a different word for the concept, feel free to mentally substitute that word). Getting people to…
5 Nov 2021
I’ve recently discovered a pleasant new addition to PostgreSQL 14, the new enable_memoize flag that improves the performance of some nested loop joins where statistics hint at this being appropriate. I mean, who can resist this temptation: Improving query speed by 1000x hints at something very suboptimal having been going on before, and a tool … Continue reading PostgreSQL 14’s…
4 Nov 2021
We are pleased to announce that the November 2021 release of the Python Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available. As part of this release, the Microsoft Python Language Server has reached end of life. The post Python in Visual Studio Code – November 2021 Release appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
At Slack, proactively securing our systems is a top priority. One way we achieve this is by automating the detection of security issues with static code analysis, which are tools that inspect programs without executing them. They’re often used with security-based rules to automate identification of vulnerabilities and insecure programming practices, which frees up more…
The Serverless Ops Console made for scaling teams and apps
3 Nov 2021
We're excited to announce our recent round of funding with The Raine Group.
GoCardless team member Daleep shares the meaning behind celebrating Diwali
In the world of marketing and content targeting, having accurate geolocation data can be the difference between a thriving enterprise and a floundering business. Accurate data is everything, especially in the targeted marketing. When you need trustworthy geolocation data, IPWHOIS.io is a great source: fast, reliable, and accurate! Quick Hits Start for free, very competitive pricing Provides information about location,…
Receivership is a way to return companies to profitability.
What is a letter before action and why you might need to send one.
Insolvency practitioners work for businesses to help resolve financial issues.
Adverse credit history can affect your ability to take out loans.
Outstanding balance indicates the money owed on your credit card.
Explore Multi-Master replication - its benefits like load sharing and high availability, use cases, and key challenges to consider.
2 Nov 2021
BNPL goes mainstream as four in ten Americans plan to use it this holiday season
Find out what works (and what doesn’t) before writing a call to action.
We look at the difference between revenue ops and sales ops for your company.
What valuation method should you use for subscription businesses?
How e-commerce merchants can make the most of Black Friday
Learn how to maximise your retention rates by optimising your customer portal.
A cloud access security broker (CASB) is a cybersecurity solution that serves as an intermediary between users and the cloud services that they rely on for day-to-day activities. It allows security or IT teams to enforce policies that govern users’ access to and use of cloud services. This can prevent data loss, ensure regulatory compliance, […] The post SASE Breakdown:…
1 Nov 2021
Read our new Climate Report and hear an update on our Net-Zero target
Will ecommerce guest checkout improve your conversion rates?
Make the most of investing with a greater understanding of stock market trading.
Can you fight off inflation with an index linked bond?
Hedging strategies can mitigate risk in a volatile stock market.
What is a hedge fund manager, and what are their goals?
This post explains how to conditionally create resources in AWS CDK using CfnCondition. It provides a practical example of creating an S3 bucket based on an SSM parameter value. The post covers defining a condition, attaching it to a low-level CDK construct, and importing the conditionally created resource.
This fun fact has been on my mind for a while, and a recent reddit thread about “Smuggling Checked Exceptions with Sealed Interfaces” made me write this post here. Namely, Java had union types before it was cool! (If you squint hard). What are union types? Ceylon is an underrated JVM language that never really … Continue reading Java’s Checked…
Intro # This post will be a simple guide on how to upgrade your Cisco Nexus 9000 switch.
29 Oct 2021
Pinion — The Load Framework Part-2 This post is the 2nd part of the “Pinion — The Load Framework” series. In case you have not read the 1st post, you can read it here . In this post, we are going to cover the following topics. How does Pinion use Delta Lake for SCD operations? Small file problem with Delta…
The SQL standard knows an interesting feature where you can project any functional dependencies of a primary (or unique) key that is listed in the GROUP BY clause without having to add that functional dependency to the GROUP BY clause explicitly. What does this mean? Consider this simple schema: In order to count the number … Continue reading Functional Dependencies…
Join our webinar and discover three new ways you can use open banking with Instant Bank Pay
We’ve trained a system that solves grade school math problems with nearly twice the accuracy of a fine-tuned GPT-3 model. It solves about 90% as many problems as real kids: a small sample of 9-12 year olds scored 60% on a test from our dataset, while our system scored 55% on those same problems.
28 Oct 2021
Everything you need to know about minimum payments on your credit card.
We look at how your FICO score is calculated and why it’s important.
FICO and VantageScore are the two most common models for credit reports.
What you need to know about business down payments and personal endeavours.
Cash inflow quite literally refers to any money going into a business.
Ton Roosendaal shares on what's next after Blender 3.0 and beyond.
A hands-on talk on how to create and set up a project with GoReleaser. In Portuguese.
Come join us for our upcoming Serverless Community Call on November 18, 2021 at 10 AM PST, presented by Austen Collins, CEO and creator of the Serverless Framework, and other members of the Framework and Cloud team.
27 Oct 2021
Hear how our team members are helping to make positive environmental change
In the final instalment of our employee spotlight series, we talk to Umeadi
26 Oct 2021
Some dead code that not even Dialyzer can find It’s relatively unusual to watch me talking about the shortcomings or limitations of such an excellent tool as Dialyzer . Still, today I found some very dead code blocks that slipped through its world-famous success type analysis. So, since Halloween is close, let’s raise some dead code from its grave! By…
The escalation meaning is used frequently in finance. Here’s how it works.
Find out what CFR means in a shipping contract
Find out what is transaction banking and the role it plays
Materiality lets a business ignore accounting standards to simplify finances
Find out what a surplus is for businesses and consumers
Watch the replay of our webinar featuring CEO Austen Collins
25 Oct 2021
Our friends at Anaconda have posted a joint announcement last week regarding the use of their repository from Microsoft cloud-hosted products. See the full announcement on their website. Today, Anaconda, Inc. announced a collaboration with Microsoft to enable customers to confidently access Anaconda’s curated library of open-source packages within Microsoft Cloud-hosted products and services, including […] The post Anaconda licensing…
24 Oct 2021
One of the first commands you learn when experimenting with command line is rm, the utility for deleting files and directories. Deletion is a core computer UI operation but operating systems use a “Trash” paradigm, where files are stored before truly deleted. With the rm utility, however, files are immediately, permanently deleted. If you’re like me and afraid to automate…
23 Oct 2021
Despite the fact that I've been consistently writing on here for six years now, I've said very little about myself. The writing has been…
22 Oct 2021
Empowering women at GoCardless: 3 lessons from Ursula Dolton, CTO, British Heart Foundation
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Virtual Spaces offer a collection of capabilities that can be added to apps to improve user experience and loyalty.
Java 16 includes an improvement that makes the language a bit more regular via JEP 395. The JEP says: Static members of inner classes It is currently specified to be a compile-time error if an inner class declares a member that is explicitly or implicitly static, unless the member is a constant variable. This means … Continue reading Write C-Style…
What is a gratuity and how is it calculated?
Discover the legal tender definition.
We explore how Payment in Lieu of Notice (PILON) works.
A simple guide to understanding pending payments.
Discover the meaning of a credit card payment holiday.
A hands-on talk on how to create and set up a project with GoReleaser.
Watch the replay to learn more and get started with Serverless Cloud
One thing I've had to do at every job I've had is implement a table on the front end of an application that has sorting, filtering, and…
21 Oct 2021
Celebrating Black History Month: Proud to be African, Gay, a Son, a Brother, a Friend, a GeeCee
GoCardlessMeet Eddy in the third instalment of our employee spotlight series
People frequently1 think that I'm very stupid. I don't find this surprising, since I don't mind if other people think I'm stupid, which means that I don't adjust my behavior to avoid seeming stupid, which results in people thinking that I'm stupid. Although there are some downsides to people thinking that I'm stupid, e.g., failing interviews where the interviewer very…
We spend a lot of time on education at Jane Street. Like, really a lot.
20 Oct 2021
Hear speakers from GoCardless and Open Banking Excellence as they demystify open banking and explain how businesses can use it to future proof their strategies
Welcome to our Hacks: Decoded Interview series! We spoke with Thomas Park over email about coding, his favourite apps and his past life at Mozilla. Thomas is the founder of Codepip, a platform he created for coding games that helps people learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc. The most popular game is Flexbox Froggy. The post Hacks Decoded: Thomas Park, Founder…
We explain the difference between direct and indirect costs in expenses
Learn how to fill out a P60 form correctly.
A quick guide to the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
We look at trade payables and how to account for them.
We explore the concept of prudence when applied to accounting.
About a year ago, I wrote a blog post called Building the Next Evolution of Cloud Networks at Slack. In it, we discussed how Slack’s AWS infrastructure has evolved over the years and the pain points that drove us to spin up a brand-new network architecture redesign project called Whitecastle. If you have not had…
19 Oct 2021
As a way to further support our customers and ensure they keep their app healthy, we are excited to announce the release of Access Manager v3.
A real data lake. Traditional Data Engineering relies on products such as Airflow, Hadoop, Spark and Spark-based architectures, or similar technologies. These are still viable solutions for a number of reason, not least the fact that Data Engineers are few and far between, and the vast majority of them will be familiar in the above technologies or similar products/frameworks. Go…
Find out what happens in a bank fraud investigation procedure.
Protect your business and customers from the main types of credit card fraud.
Single immediate payments are fast and convenient.
Find out what SOP can do for your business.
Find out how future dated payments work for businesses
jOOQ’s parser can’t parse every possible SQL syntax. Try this random PostgreSQL syntax: And the jOOQ parser will complain: DOMAIN, INDEX, SCHEMA, SEQUENCE, SESSION, TABLE, TYPE, or VIEW expected: [1:7] ALTER [*]SYSTEM RESET ALL That’s perfectly fine. The goal of the jOOQ parser isn’t to understand all vendor specific syntax. The goal is to offer … Continue reading The jOOQ…
Cybersecurity Awareness Month may be in full swing, but that doesn’t mean that cybercriminals have been taking a break. In fact, the opposite is true – October has seen threats like ZLoader and HoneyGain have continued to evolve. Meanwhile, STRRAT has wreaked havoc by enabling bad actors to steal credentials and install additional malware. In […] The post STRRAT, ZLoader,…
18 Oct 2021
It's common to see people advocate for learning skills that they have or using processes that they use. For example, Steve Yegge has a set of blog posts where he recommends reading compiler books and learning about compilers. His reasoning is basically that, if you understand compilers, you'll see compiler problems everywhere and will recognize all of the cases where…
15 Oct 2021
“The Nuts and Bolts” is a reoccurring Q&A with Squarespace engineers. Questions are compiled by their peers to guarantee we get right to the good stuff.
We explain not only what a commercial invoice is but how to create your own.
Discover what LLP means and its advantages.
A quick guide to everything you need to know about instalment payments.
Discover what foreclosure means and how it works
Learn what a deficit is and how it can be useful in business.