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amfeng

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About amfeng

Builds things at @Stripe. Passionate about bagels and usually eats too many vita-gummies.

I'm @amfeng on Twitter. (:

Recent public activity

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    Comment #20930913

    Confirmed above!

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    Comment #20930912

    Hi there! There is no minimum spend requirement to take advantage of the AWS credits. They are promotional credits and will eventually expire; see Amazon's terms: https://aws.amazo…

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    Comment #20930834

    We're working on it! (;

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    Comment #20930785

    We love the idea of having roles for spending controls. It's not currently part of the product, but we're planning to work on this very soon!

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    Comment #20929897

    Thank you! Fixed. (:

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    Comment #20929860

    Your business doesn't need to be incorporated to apply. Sole props are welcome! It's worth noting that the personal liability changes, though: the individual behind the sole prop w…

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    Comment #20929621

    (Amber from Stripe here. For folks following along, we're talking about the "Additional Benefits" section on the page.) Anything that says "cash back" is automatically applied to y…

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    Comment #20929017

    We love working with you. <3

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    Comment #20928803

    Right now, you pay through a linked bank account. We are planning to let you pay from your balance in the future, though. (Most of our early users preferred the former.)

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    Comment #20928730

    (Amber from Stripe here.) We're definitely planning to expand to other countries—this is just the start.

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    Comment #8439861

    Hi! OP here. This actually works out okay for most of our libraries. For the ones that can support it (Ruby, Python, etc), we don't hardcode the properties for any resources and in…

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    Comment #8292964

    Hi! We only prefill your email address if you're logged into your Stripe account while looking at that page. Hope that clarifies things.

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    Comment #8003100

    My favorite explanation of DF: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/images/4/40/FunComic.png

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    Comment #7986479

    (Sorry about the late reply!) Not generally, but we'd definitely be willing to take a look if you want to send something in! (:

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    Comment #7972150

    Stripe! We're hiring engineers in San Francisco and remotely within US timezones. REMOTE and H1B welcome. We're increasing online commerce by making payments (and building an onlin…

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    Comment #7462316

    We've actually got a private beta in the works. (: I'm happy to give you access if you'd like to try it out -- just email me at amber@stripe.com.

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    Comment #6651746

    We're working on it (multiple subscriptions)! (:

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    Comment #6218524

    Cake in the office is a great thing to be distracted by. (:

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    Comment #6218015

    Right -- those are per-charge, not per-day.

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    Comment #6217809

    Hey, charge responses now return a reference to a balance transaction (which represents what you'll actually be paid in). You can auto expand the balance transaction upon charge cr…

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    Comment #6053928

    Makes sense. What would the ideal behavior be if your customer updates their default card? Should the recurring billing continue chugging along with the card it was created with, o…

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    Comment #6053741

    You can use your default card for once-off charges as well (just don't specify a card ID when making a charge with a customer). You're right that you can't use a separate card for …

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    Comment #5828912

    Hm, that's interesting. What OS/browser are you on? (Feel free to email me at amber@stripe.com as well.)

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    Comment #5827811

    If our current payouts schedule isn't working for you, we'd be happy to help out. Feel free to ping me at amber@stripe.com.