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Author here; live demos within. The core issue: Stripe's Payment Intent pattern (server gets token → passes to client → client opens iframe) is safe because the blast radius is bou…

Hi HN! Reddit has been a promising source of early users for us at chef Connie; for example a single response on a post with lift can easily generate 10+ signups, most of whom fini…

Site: https://cookformom.com Source: https://github.com/anulman/cook-for-mom Creator here . I've been working on a free, six-week, online cooking class to help beginner and novice …

Fun fact: the "disconnected mini-graphs" the author mentions toward the end could also be attributed to Clinton being included via cc / bcc. Source: I've built & reviewed email gra…

Notably, the bit.ly link directs you to Facebook. Nice play, FB Video team.

You're likely right, but they could always get crafty with Braintree APIs: https://developers.braintreepayments.com/ios+ruby/reference/...

Not sure they would either, though perhaps a use case for git_commit_amend [1]? Regardless, sounds fairly implementation-specific. Think I just followed you on Twitter, happy to di…

Did you consider leveraging the refdb to offer immutable primary keys? I had been hacking together a Kyoto Tycoon-backed implementation for a project (since dropped); our design ex…

Source: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2684102?sid=2110577666...

Definitely understand the concern—I set the minimum permissions, but obviously friends list is among them. All the code looks for is user_id; I'm not even storing the access_token …

+1. If you want to see the sexy CSS3 animations + whatnot, the callback's at http://probablythemostromanticthingever.com/open

Thanks for the note! Definitely intentional: the callback comes back, but since there's no user ID, you hit the vanilla callback page. (Basically, I wanted to make sure that everyb…

Hey HN. I've been seeing a pretty awesome girl for the last couple of weeks, and wanted to send her a series of notes. To that end, I wrote an ephemeral messaging system using Sina…

Again, you're right on the fact, but not on the interpretation. The medallion system used by most cities restricts the number of cars on the road in a city. However: 1) Most taxi f…

I believed this point too when we first started our company, and were more Uber-clone-y than we are now. However, after spending a year working in the industry, I've learned that i…

Thanks, Carter! My partner Krista tried to come into town for that meeting, but they switched the date on her. You almost met! The human factor is definitely a huge challenge in th…

Thanks -- this is a subject that is near and dear to me. I definitely agree with you that there is a service gap between Uber and standard taxis. Some of it comes from the app, som…

TL;DR: Uber is innovative, but their approach (or lack thereof) to dealing with regulatory hurdles in each city disgusts me. It seems like HN has already picked up on the major iss…