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I hadn't heard about Works in Progress before, but looks like incredibly well researched content. Pretty stark difference between the writing and what you see o
by erex78 5y ago
I hadn't heard about Works in Progress before, but looks like incredibly well researched content. Pretty stark difference between the writing and what you see on something like sfgate.com or cnn.com.
I find it pretty awesome that the Stripe is successful enough to start branching out from core product into founder hobby areas. The cynical perspective is that this is not core to the product, but I find it kind of beautiful that the founders can do a bit of what is personally interesting to them with their company.
This reminds me of another incredible resource for deep learning articles: https://distill.pub/ https://distill.pub/, which unfortunately looks like is going silent.
- capableweb 5y agoStripe actually been in the business of "content" for quite some time by now. Unfortunately, https://press.stripe.com/ https://press.stripe.com/ doesn't date anything they are releasing apparently, but I remember reading about things they've released for at least a couple of years. They also famously "purchased" patio11, probably mostly because of his skills of writing and promoting content on the internet.
- tyre 5y agoJuly 2018 was the announcement. The original HN thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17551687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17551687
- erex78 5y agoYeah, I even own some physical Stripe Press books. But it's definitely not core to payment processing. Stripe Atlas has a better case for being useful: more companies -> more stripe users. Stripe Press feels more like a passion project (which, to be clear, I think is awesome).
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- jacquesm 5y agoI highly doubt Patrick is 'for sale'.
- capableweb 5y ago"Purchased" being used here as a more fun term for a company hiring someone who was independent for a long time, for a large amount of money :)
- nojito 5y agoIt’s quite incorrect to compare them to cnn as a whole instead of cnn’s long form investigative content.
- erex78 5y agoI was just using cnn as an example of a generic news website today.