Stripe open-sources Einhorn
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Stripe open-sources Einhorn
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Re: Stripe open-sources Einhorn
#2To my knowledge both FastCGI and Unicorn are not free. This is definitely an excellent alternative to those - and probably even easier to use for some use-cases. I am glad and thankful that Stripe decided to make it open-source.
Re: Stripe open-sources Einhorn
#3The logo is confusing me a bit. What's the connection between icosahedral gems and unicorns? Is this some pop culture reference I'm missing or is it basically a stopgap considering that Unicorn itself already has an eponymous logo?
Re: Stripe open-sources Einhorn
#4Awesome news. Still waiting for you guys to come to Canada so I can give you all my money!
Re: Stripe open-sources Einhorn
#5(The following is off-topic:)
I noticed that the Stripe blog doesn't allow comments. I think most people find it odd or frustrating when they can't add their 2 cents to something (for better or for worse!). Any idea which things might have driven this decision?
- Not wanting to deal with how most people act on the net? (Or maybe they're in a highly competitive space where the juggernauts wouldn't think twice about trying to destroy their image.)
- To encourage people who want to discuss the blog entry to submit it to their favorite discussion communities?
- To avoid possible PR issues sitting right on their company's blog? (Related to point #1)
There is a kind of beautiful simplicity to the page that comments would probably destroy.
Re: Stripe open-sources Einhorn
#6The logo is confusing me a bit. What's the connection between icosahedral gems and unicorns? Is this some pop culture reference I'm missing or is it basically a stopgap considering that Unicorn itself already has an eponymous logo?
Yeah, it's mostly a stopgap.
Re: Stripe open-sources Einhorn
#7Awesome news. Still waiting for you guys to come to Canada so I can give you all my money!
is stripe only available to us customers trying to buy through your site? or only us startups, and all of their customers?
Re: Stripe open-sources Einhorn
#8To my knowledge both FastCGI and Unicorn are not free. This is definitely an excellent alternative to those - and probably even easier to use for some use-cases. I am glad and thankful that Stripe decided to make it open-source.
Actually, Unicorn is indeed free (you can grab the code from git://bogomips.org/unicorn.git -- looks like it's GPL). FastCGI is an open specification, with many free implementations. There's definitely a lot of cool prior art in this space.
Re: Stripe open-sources Einhorn
#9(The following is off-topic:) I noticed that the Stripe blog doesn't allow comments. I think most people find it odd or frustrating when they can't add their 2 cents to something (for better or for worse!). Any idea which things might have driven this decision? - Not wanting to deal with how most people act on the net? (Or maybe they're in a highly competitive space where the juggernauts wouldn't think twice about tr…
I made the same decision on my personal blog. When there are comments both on a blog and here on HN, the conversation feels unnaturally fragmented to me.
Further, when I did have both, comments that self-selected the blog (vs HN) are - in my opinion - much more likely to be spam/promotional, or generally less 'valuable' (e.g. more likely to be simple questions that are already answered in the post).
Re: Stripe open-sources Einhorn
#10Awesome news. Still waiting for you guys to come to Canada so I can give you all my money!
is stripe only available to us customers trying to buy through your site? or only us startups, and all of their customers?
Only US merchants. Customers can be anywhere (except North Korea, Iran, etc. presumably).