Valentin Hinov | Blog

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Coding, bootstrapping, indie-hacking. I blog about all or some of these.

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A collection of 4 posts

July 8, 2021

Adapt or die - the aftermath of losing $3000 to card fraud

In the span of one week in June my product was targetted by fraudsters who managed to drain $3000 using stolen cards. Find out how I detected this and ultimately fought back.

Thankbox

April 6, 2021

Control your credits - how I use S3 to keep my Cloudinary costs low

When I started Thankbox I was just storing all images in Cloudinary. I quickly realized I couldn't afford to do that long term. Check out how I addressed that.

Thankbox Laravel

November 3, 2020

Track only when it makes sense - conditionally including the Adwords tracking script

I believe in people's right to privacy. At the same time, I am trying to run a successful online business, which involves tracking users. Here is how I approached it in a responsible way.

Thankbox Laravel

September 29, 2020

A bootstrapper's tech stack

A look at the tech stack that makes a bootstrapped startup tick. From where it's hosted, to what framework it runs, to how it sends email.

Laravel Thankbox

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