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Plain explanations of the billing, tenancy and auth concepts these posts assume.
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What is usage-based billing, and what it does to your invoices
Usage-based billing charges for what a customer consumed rather than for access. The definition is easy. Defending the number on the invoice is the actual product.
6 min read
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Database-per-tenant vs shared schema: the decision is about migrations, not isolation
Shared schema, schema-per-tenant or database-per-tenant. Everyone frames it as isolation versus cost. The real fork is how many times you run every migration.
5 min read
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Entitlements are not feature flags, even when the same component renders both
A flag says the code is ready. An entitlement says this customer paid. Same boolean at the render site, different owner, lifecycle and failure mode.
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Quotas are not credits: which one your plan actually needs
A quota resets on a fixed cycle and belongs to the plan. A credit is a balance the customer bought. Pick by who absorbs the spike.
7 min read