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Usually it feels like companies open source projects are kind of lame or just to look fashionable. These projects are extensive and awesome. I love the personal

Usually it feels like companies open source projects are kind of lame or just to look fashionable. These projects are extensive and awesome. I love the personal projects section at the bottom of the page. You can see why Stripe is so successful. They truly have a dev culture and that's a lot more than most companies that just say they have a dev culture. At Stripes scale and size that's a big success.

Killswitch 11y ago
> Usually it feels like companies open source projects are kind of lame or just to look fashionable. I don't understand this. You think Netflix and Facebook's Open source projects are lame?
- rnovak 11y ago
  I don't understand this. You think Netflix and Facebook's Open source projects are lame? Whoah, I didn't notice that Netflix and Facebook became the only tech companies on Earth.
  - Killswitch 11y ago
    No, but from what I understand op saying is that most open source from companies are lame, and I haven't seen any lame open source projects from companies, even if in languages I don't like. So by saying "Usually it feels like companies open source projects are kind of lame or just to look fashionable." it comes off that op things that.
- son_ngu 11y ago
  That's a loaded question. I don't think op means every company.
nathancahill 11y ago
True. I just came across Rickshaw[0] from Shutterstock. I'd love to use it, but there hasn't been a commit in 8 months, pull requests are backlogged and there's a thread titled "Is Rickshaw dead?"[1] that hasn't had any response in months (either to shift maintenance to someone else or kill/fork the project). It looks like a poster child of companies open source projects done wrong. I'm sure it was developed for internal use, made public with a prominent "Open Source! We're Hiring!"[2] and then mostly forgotten about. Not that maintenance is easy! It's a big commitment, which is why Stripe really shines here: not just for open sourcing their code, but for maintaining their projects continuously. [0] https://github.com/shutterstock/rickshaw https://github.com/shutterstock/rickshaw [1] https://github.com/shutterstock/rickshaw/issues/517 https://github.com/shutterstock/rickshaw/issues/517 [2] http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/ http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/
DamnInteresting 11y ago
I recently changed my website's donation page to a Stripe-powered system, and their API was a pleasure to work with. Having worked with horrible payment processors throughout my webdev career, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop--but it's been a couple of months now, and so far it's still just the one shoe.
- kornish 11y ago
  Stripe's API docs are absolutely gorgeous, also, for what it's worth: https://stripe.com/docs/api#charges https://stripe.com/docs/api#charges
  - fica 11y ago
    check out http://gelato.io http://gelato.io to get Stripe style docs as a service
  - reitanqild 11y ago
    Anybody wants to explain why fica was downvoted? My best guess is undisclosed relationship to gelato. Edit: my bad, found dangs comment.

Killswitch 11y ago

> Usually it feels like companies open source projects are kind of lame or just to look fashionable. I don't understand this. You think Netflix and Facebook's Open source projects are lame?

rnovak 11y ago
I don't understand this. You think Netflix and Facebook's Open source projects are lame? Whoah, I didn't notice that Netflix and Facebook became the only tech companies on Earth.
- Killswitch 11y ago
  No, but from what I understand op saying is that most open source from companies are lame, and I haven't seen any lame open source projects from companies, even if in languages I don't like. So by saying "Usually it feels like companies open source projects are kind of lame or just to look fashionable." it comes off that op things that.
son_ngu 11y ago
That's a loaded question. I don't think op means every company.

nathancahill 11y ago

True. I just came across Rickshaw[0] from Shutterstock. I'd love to use it, but there hasn't been a commit in 8 months, pull requests are backlogged and there's a thread titled "Is Rickshaw dead?"[1] that hasn't had any response in months (either to shift maintenance to someone else or kill/fork the project). It looks like a poster child of companies open source projects done wrong. I'm sure it was developed for internal use, made public with a prominent "Open Source! We're Hiring!"[2] and then mostly forgotten about. Not that maintenance is easy! It's a big commitment, which is why Stripe really shines here: not just for open sourcing their code, but for maintaining their projects continuously. [0] https://github.com/shutterstock/rickshaw https://github.com/shutterstock/rickshaw [1] https://github.com/shutterstock/rickshaw/issues/517 https://github.com/shutterstock/rickshaw/issues/517 [2] http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/ http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/

DamnInteresting 11y ago

I recently changed my website's donation page to a Stripe-powered system, and their API was a pleasure to work with. Having worked with horrible payment processors throughout my webdev career, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop--but it's been a couple of months now, and so far it's still just the one shoe.

kornish 11y ago
Stripe's API docs are absolutely gorgeous, also, for what it's worth: https://stripe.com/docs/api#charges https://stripe.com/docs/api#charges
- fica 11y ago
  check out http://gelato.io http://gelato.io to get Stripe style docs as a service
- reitanqild 11y ago
  Anybody wants to explain why fica was downvoted? My best guess is undisclosed relationship to gelato. Edit: my bad, found dangs comment.