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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by amasad on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @03:30PM (#16579009)
Oh, I could see how this could be misleading. So the open-source tech you linked to is outdated -- we moved everything from the client-side to our own infra (because we wanted to do things like open a port). We intend to open source the backend infra too but it takes time for the protocol to stabilize.

The "open-source" section on the homepage is intended to show that some open-source projects (for example Jest https://facebook.github.io/jest/ were repl.it is embedded on the homepage) use us as a playground, for bug reports etc.

As for the logos they are either users or customers of the the Classroom product: https://repl.it/classroom

Google, for example, uses the Classroom product to spread programming education. I think they have a program where they send teachers to schools to teach computer science. And there teachers wanted to use Repl.it etc.

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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by mimming on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @04:11PM (#16579327)
The teacher you're thinking of from last year is me :)

Thanks a lot for the great classroom product, and your support. It made my work a lot easier.

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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by amasad on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @04:18PM (#16579414)
Oh awesome, thanks! Glad we could help.
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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by TAForObvReasons on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @03:38PM (#16579078)
Just to be clear, Google using the Classroom product doesn't implicitly grant you permission to use their logo on your marketing materials. Did you obtain permission from the listed entities to use their logos?
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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by amasad on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @03:45PM (#16579129)
I probably did, it's been a year though so I'm not entirely sure. For what it's worth this really is not needed and I actually hate the "look at all the logos" sections on websites so I just pushed a fix to remove it.
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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by purple-again on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @08:37PM (#16581266)
It’s hard to make a man happy without making another one sad. I hate that it’s true, but look at all the logos you recognize using this product is the only way I can ever get my completely non tech literate boss to sign off on any new tech. :(
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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by notroot on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @09:21AM (#16584550)
Probably a super unpopular opinion here on hn but your boss `aint completely wrong. It's not a bad strategy when considering starting a business relationship with someone or something you don't know much about.
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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by onenite on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @09:28PM (#16581507)
Maybe you can find a way to demonstrate its usefulness without its endorsements :)
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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by notroot on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @09:14AM (#16584513)
Agreed. I expressed some concerns about the now dead "trusted by" section as well https://twitter.com/stephenrigsby/status/973640170648956929 .

Also why is your comment kinda-greyed out?

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Re:Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack... by TAForObvReasons on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @10:31AM (#16584982)
It was downvotes heavily (5 downvotes). "Move fast and break things, including business ethics and trademark laws" must be the prevailing thought among the HN readership
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