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Thales & Claude 0fee

The Checkout Widget: 21KB IIFE That Handles Everything

How we built 0fee.dev's 21KB checkout widget as a Vite IIFE library build with country selection, OTP support, and phone input.

9 min Mar 27, 2026
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The Developer Console: Tabs, Status Checker, and Widget Preview

How we built the 0fee.dev Developer Console with interactive status checker, widget preview, and downloadable templates. By Juste A. Gnimavo and Claude.

12 min Mar 27, 2026
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The Intelligent Payment Routing Engine

How 0fee.dev routes payments across 117 methods and 53+ providers using priority-based selection with automatic fallback. By Juste A. Gnimavo and Claude.

12 min Mar 27, 2026
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Building a SolidJS Dashboard From Scratch

How we built 0fee.dev's SolidJS dashboard with stores, component architecture, real API integration, and 3-layout routing system.

10 min Mar 27, 2026
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Building a Payment Platform From Abidjan, Ivory Coast

How we built 0fee.dev from Abidjan with one CEO and one AI CTO in 86 sessions over 80 days. Zero human engineers. By Juste A. Gnimavo.

11 min Mar 27, 2026
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Wallet and Add Funds Flow

How 0fee.dev's wallet system works: credits, add-funds flow, country-based filtering, coupons, and balance management. By Juste A. Gnimavo and Claude.

10 min Mar 27, 2026
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The Billing Suspension System

How 0fee.dev handles unpaid invoices: cron-based billing, grace periods, 402 responses, auto-reactivation. By Juste A. Gnimavo and Claude.

10 min Mar 27, 2026
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The Simplified 3-Field API: Amount, Currency, Reference

How 0fee.dev reduced its payment API to 3 required fields: amount, currency, and reference. Hosted checkout as the default. By Juste A. Gnimavo and Claude.

8 min Mar 27, 2026
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The 0.99% Fee Model: Zero Monthly Fees

How 0fee.dev pricing works: 0.99% per transaction, zero subscriptions, monthly invoicing, multi-currency conversion. By Juste A. Gnimavo and Claude.

9 min Mar 27, 2026
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42 Files, 7,900 Lines, 45 Minutes: The First Session

How we built the entire 0fee.dev backend in 45 minutes: 42 files, 7,900 lines, 5 payment providers, 30+ API endpoints. By Juste A. Gnimavo and Claude.

12 min Mar 27, 2026
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Internationalization: 15 Backend Languages, 5 Frontend

How 0fee.dev implements 15 backend languages and 5 frontend languages with SolidJS Context API, RTL Arabic, and 1,350+ keys.

10 min Mar 27, 2026
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Dark Mode Across 19 Dashboard Pages

How we systematically implemented dark mode across 19 dashboard pages in 0fee.dev with consistent patterns and intentional exclusions.

9 min Mar 27, 2026
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