Best of Stripe — June 2025

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   Web Dev Cody·49w

   Why I work on side projects

   A developer shares their approach to building multiple side projects as a learning strategy. Rather than focusing on completion or monetization, they use each project to explore specific technical questions like Stripe integration, subscription systems, or AI code generation. The key is setting focused learning goals, avoiding too many new technologies at once, and building a repository of reusable components. This method helps expand knowledge beyond what's available in regular employment, creating a foundation for tackling future challenges with confidence.

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   Article

   Hacker News·46w

   useautumn/autumn: Autumn is an open-source pricing & billing platform

   Autumn is an open-source billing platform that acts as a layer between Stripe and applications, enabling developers to implement complex pricing models like subscriptions, credit systems, usage-based billing, and custom plans without handling webhooks or payment state management. It provides a simple API with three core functions (attach, check, track) and can be deployed via cloud service or self-hosted using Docker.

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   Article

   The PayEng Playbook·49w

   Stripe Deploys 1,000 Times A Day And You Don't Deploy On Fridays

   Stripe deploys over 1,000 times daily with 99.999% uptime, averaging one deployment per engineer every 3 days. The article challenges the common practice of avoiding Friday deployments, arguing that speed is the primary competitive advantage for software companies. It contrasts Microsoft's Zero Defects approach with eBay's Velocity Initiative, which achieved 5x faster deployments and 3x lower failure rates. The key insight is that quality and speed reinforce each other through continuous deployment practices, enabling faster feedback loops and quicker fixes rather than trying to achieve perfection before release.

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