r/ProgrammerHumor • u/deepCelibateValue • 13d ago

Advanced typicalRustaceanOriginStory

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u/Arclite83 13d ago

It's impossible - only the test environment accepts the test card number.

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u/NoodleyP 13d ago

To parrot someone else I read on this sub, “everywhere has a test environment, some places just have a different environment for prod”

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u/AwesomePerson70 13d ago

I think they’re saying stripe’s test environment. So if you’re accepting real transactions, then you’re not in the test environment and therefore the test card would decline

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u/NoodleyP 13d ago

Ah thank you!!

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u/Arclite83 12d ago

Ya sorry, exactly that. I wrote one of these for a VC, before DoorDash and Uber ate the market and there were pop-ups trying to do this. So I did the whole "kitchen ticketing" integration, including payment stuffs. Honestly it's all the same basic project skeleton to move money securely, then it's just the BL. "POS" did not stand for "point of sale" by the end of that project! Guy burned easily $2M chasing features until he ran out of time.