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World Congress 2022 • Jun 15, 2022

Building Enduring Infrastructure: Lessons from the First 12 Years of Stripe

David Singleton

At Stripe, executives pair-program with users on Discord to resolve friction. Discover how this relentless user-first culture drove 12 years of rigorous API design and enduring infrastructure.

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#1 about 5 min

Learning engineering lessons from the Channel Tunnel

How ambitious physical infrastructure projects offer lessons for building long-term technical platforms.

#2 about 5 min

Applying pace layering to tech infrastructure

Using the pace layering framework to manage software changes across scale over long durations.

#3 about 3 min

Establishing a direct user-first engineering culture

Defining core company behaviors by extreme proximity to customer support loops and real-time user feedback.

#4 about 3 min

Iterating early APIs for compliance and simplicity

Continually rewriting early code architectures to abstract away security tokenization and operational complexities.

#5 about 5 min

Structuring API reviews and internal technical governance

Creating formal technical review processes to ensure code modifications remain predictable for integrated developers.

#6 about 2 min

Scaling engineering talent through distributed remote hubs

Embracing distributed engineering setups to acquire global talent and deeply align with international clients.

#7 about 4 min

Adapting programmatic architecture to localized payment methods

Building specific programmatic bridges to process diverse regional traditions like Japan's physical conbini payments.

#8 about 3 min

Expanding features to abstract complex financial compliance

Designing new management platforms to shield high-scale users from tedious regional tax and treasury rules.

#9 about 2 min

Opening infrastructure to developers via app marketplaces

Facilitating deep third-party app integrations directly into native interface surfaces for greater extensibility.

#10 about 2 min

Ensuring long-term governance for shared platform reliability

Viewing shared software systems through historic examples of cooperative resource governance to sustain platform trust.

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