The Daily Index — Thursday, November 14, 2024 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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🤔🔍 B2C BILLING IS ACTUALLY HARDER THAN B2B BILLING

B2C billing is often underestimated because it feels like a solved problem. Choosing a billing system is a business-critical decision that can have wide-reaching impacts on flexibility, compliance, and customer retention. It may be tempting to build a custom solution, but most companies are better off choosing an existing solution as they cover most common billing challenges.

arnon.dk · 14 min

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LESSONS FROM MY FIRST EXIT

TinyPilot is a bootstrapped hardware company that its founder ran for four years before exiting. This article discusses practical lessons that the founder learned from the experience, what went well, what they want to improve in the future, and what surprised them about selling the business. TinyPilot sold for $598,000, with the founder receiving $490,803 after commissions and fees. The founder ended up profiting $920,000 from the business over four years.

mtlynch.io · 33 min

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FBI SEIZES POLYMARKET FOUNDER'S PHONE IN RAID OF HOME

The FBI has seized the phone of Polymarket's founder and CEO Shayne Coplan. Federal agents raided Coplan's Manhattan home early Wednesday morning. It is unclear what prompted the FBI's search. A Polymarket spokesperson claims that the raid is an act of obvious political retribution by the outgoing administration against Polymarket for providing a market that correctly called the 2024 presidential election.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 3 min

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JUST EAT IS SELLING GRUBHUB TO MARC LORE'S WONDER FOR $650M

Wonder plans to integrate Grubhub into its platform and offer a superapp for restaurants, groceries, and meal kits.

theverge.com · 1 min

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OBSESSIVE PROBLEM SOLVING FOLLOWED BY AIMLESS WANDERING

Finding the next is the art of wandering, and wandering well takes practice and patience.

world.hey.com · 2 min

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BLUESKY CROSSES THE 15 MILLION USER MARK

Bluesky, which uses the decentralized AT Protocol, added around a million new users in the last week.

theverge.com · 1 min

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AMAZON SHUTS DOWN SECRET PROJECT TO DEVELOP FERTILITY TRACKER

Amazon had been working on a fertility monitoring device and companion smartphone app for the past four years but disbanded the team working on the project in October.

cnbc.com · 4 min

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OPENAI TO PRESENT PLANS FOR U.S. AI STRATEGY AND AN ALLIANCE TO COMPETE WITH CHINA

OpenAI's official blueprint for US AI infrastructure involves AI economic zones, government projects funded by private investors, and a North American AI alliance to compete with China's AI own alliances.

cnbc.com · 3 min

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MARK ZUCKERBERG JUST DROPPED A SINGLE WITH T-PAIN

Mark Zuckerberg created a cover of Lil Jon's 'Get Low' with T-Pain - the original song was playing when Zuckerberg first met his wife Priscilla at a college party.

theverge.com · 1 min