What a shit show. From the surface it certainly feels like this is just money moving from one entity to another with Craig sort of taking credit for donating the money. There is clearly more to this story that the journalist either isn't disclosing or didn't find in their investigation. It's not to say Craig doesn't have $1M sitting around to give, and I'm sure he'd back the EFF, but this whole thing doesn't smell right.
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Great question. We have more information we'll be adding to the site. We recognize that the site needs to be a bit more context about how and what data will be collected. The short answer to this is that Brightwork simply acts as a middle man to pass the data you have with your existing providers. For exmaple, if you have a Lytics account, we'll simply pass that data between the Brightwork dashboard and the Lytics account. Same thing for all the other providers Developers use. The goal here is to just use one API, get the same data you already get, and put it in an easy-to-use dashboard so that you need only one resource to find all the data you want to collect about your application.
We're still working on a lot of the functionality but it would be great to get more people to sign up for the beta so we can battle test this. We have all the nodes built and the simple functionality is there. However, we admittedly have some more heavy lifting to do. Thanks for the questions. I can also be reached at josh@plunkus.com if you have other questions. :)
Finding a balance is the best way to manage stress. And just like anything else, people have different levels in which they believe things are stressing them out. What may be stressful to one person may not be a big deal to another.
I feel this every day being in the tech industry and as a Navy Vet I almost giggle when I hear what stresses people out. I'm sure the Navy prepared me better for dealing with stressful situations but unless there's a gun pointed in my direction I rarely find anything about the tech industry, my work load, or stuff I'm working towards as stressful. Again, it's all about finding balance and being able to put things into perspective. If you have no context about what is really stressful, than everything becomes stressful.
As a fellow business owner I can empathize with the apprehension. We've been approached about building apps for the marijuana industry and have a lot of debates around whether that puts us into a precarious position. The consensus is that we would not be held accountable for simply providing a service especially given that it would not directly relate to the transaction of the actual product nor would it be part of the path that would be considered "laundering." I understand where you're coming from. It's tough to be put in a position in which you believe you may be putting your company at risk, but I think Stripe is missing an opportunity that could position the business as a leader to help change the precedence. Just my two cents. Nice response though. Love seeing business owners here defending their position instead of cowering to poorly written diatribes.
I saw this on Product Hunt and immediately bookmarked it. I love the simplicity and the abundance of information contained within the site. Bravo! More more!
