>>>> On a lighter note, this was a bit of a panicky situtation since it >>>> happened during a hackathon, where Cayenne (among others) earned us the >>>> title “best technical solution”. And we got this excellent >>>> production-quality Yoda to show for it :). >>> >>> Nice! Can you provide any more info about it? I'll put it on Cayenne >>> Twitter :) >> >> lol :). Well… The largest Icelandic bank (Arion) decided to create and open >> up APIs for a lot of their stuff and then let 12 teams go at it for 30 >> hours. They had APIS for creating bank accounts, perform transactions on >> accounts and credit cards, read transaction information, create electronic >> invoices etc. etc.). Lots of fun (and little sleep) was had and we ended up >> with this solution: >> >> https://www.afland.is >> >> It’s a website to help groups collect money. Say you and your group of >> friends want to go to the Montreaux Jazz festival in 2018 and you decide to >> put in €20 a month each towards the trip. Usually when you do something like >> this, one guy has to create the account, manage everything, make sure >> everyone pays etc. It’s a hassle. But this website takes cares of >> everything; creates a new account, allows you to register your friends via >> e-mail or Facebook (and allows them to authenticate) and then automatically >> charges their accounts, credit cards or sends them a Claim. Each payment is >> linked to the correct user (based on their Icelandic National Registry >> numbers) and everyone can log in and see how the collection is going and if >> everyone’s paying up. It’s nice. > > Nice! I'll post the picture on Twitter.
:) > This reminds me. I was thinking of adding Bootique integration for Play. Just > don't have any ongoing projects that might need it. I'd like to hear more > about your Play experiences. Maybe at Montreal at WOWODC. Look forward to meet you! >> BTW, the name “Afland” means “Offshore”. So when you start collecting money, >> you’re starting an “Offshore company”. It’s a joke that works better in >> Icelandic, really ;). > > In landlocked countries like Belarus, offshore is unambiguously money > laundering. Nobody would really think of oceans and shores :) Means the same thing over here. The bank’s officials didn’t all see the funny side of the name :). - hugi
