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Today is a watershed moment for UK developers. I don't think it's hyperbole to say that. In a few years, we will look back on our lives before this day and wonder

a) Why the hell we put up with all that crap for so long. b) Why didn't we build Stripe ourselves.

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> b) Why didn't we build Stripe ourselves.

In a way, we did. There are a couple of UK developers at Stripe -- and we want more: https://stripe.com/jobs.

But seriously, why didn't people in other countries do their own Stripe? It's not like the UK is short of talented engineers.

Paymill did a very similar service and is available in quite a few countries.

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