Engineering & Design

Learn how Paystack uses monitoring and observability to keep payments reliable

A practical look at how Paystack upgraded 11 payment databases to MySQL 8.0 with no incidents, using staging dry runs, replication checks, and a controlled blue-green rollout.

How Andrew Glago built a modern e-commerce payment integration for African developers

As more businesses go digital and online threats grow more sophisticated, cybersecurity has become critical to business success. Companies that rely on code must stay ahead of vulnerabilities to protect their systems, data, and customers.

Online payments enable ambitious companies in Africa to accept payments from customers safely and securely, no matter where they are in the world. However, like all good things, online payments come with risks, including cyber fraud.

Developer experience is the sum of all interactions a developer has with a product, including APIs, SDKs, documentation, content, and community. A good developer experience empowers software engineers, making them feel productive and satisfied throughout their journey with your product.

The Developer Contributor Spotlight program highlights software engineers who use Paystack’s APIs to create tools and resources that benefit others. One such developer is Ekene Ashinze, a Software Engineer at Microsoft and the creator of the Angular Paystack Library, a module that enables developers to accept payments in their Angular apps using Paystack.