# The Dodo Digest: Building in Public Means Failing in Public

DevFeed: [The Dodo Digest: Building in Public Means Failing in Public](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-dodo-digest-building-in-public-means-failing-in-public-10125.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/newsletter-august7/>)

Author: Rishabh Goel

Published: 2026-08-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>), [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/newsletter.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>), [v1](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/v1.md>)

## AI overview

Dodo Payments describes how AI-enhanced office photos became the focus of a viral debate about authenticity and public scrutiny. The newsletter also discusses startup visibility, product security, fraud and operational abuse, and the company's v1.112.0 release with discount-code, webhooks, payment-method, and analytics improvements.

## Source excerpt

Our AI-enhanced office photos hit 11M views and a Community Note. Plus v1.112.0: amount discount codes, rebuilt webhooks, Cash App Pay, and SEPA Direct Debit.