category:
  id: publishing
  label: Publishing
  description: Stripe editorial projects across books, magazines, film, podcasts, and other formats, including an event for each documented Stripe Press title.
  order: 9
events:
  - id: maintenance-published
    date: 2026-02
    date_precision: month
    title: Stripe Press publishes Maintenance
    summary: "Stripe Press published Stewart Brand's Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, an argument that maintenance is a central civilizational practice spanning buildings, infrastructure, software, and institutions."
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Stewart Brand
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - maintenance
    source_ids:
      - source-ec08d50c1141dbc46e6d
      - source-c2ef8de7976b0a3817a5
  - id: origins-of-efficiency-published
    date: 2025-10-14
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe Press publishes The Origins of Efficiency
    summary: Stripe Press published Brian Potter's The Origins of Efficiency, a study of the mechanisms by which production processes become faster, cheaper, and more reliable across industries.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Brian Potter
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - industrial-progress
    source_ids:
      - source-0366916b6be55183514a
      - source-f33b2898dbb601f635b3
  - id: works-in-progress-print-edition-launched
    date: 2025-09-18
    date_precision: day
    title: Works in Progress launches a print edition
    summary: Works in Progress opened subscriptions for a recurring print edition, adding a physical magazine to its freely available online essays. The publication retained its focus on economic growth, technology, policy, and human progress.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Print subscription launched
    organizations:
      - Works in Progress
      - Stripe
    related_events:
      - works-in-progress-founded
    tags:
      - works-in-progress
      - magazine
      - print
    source_ids:
      - source-0f2ee84b2a249276fb50
  - id: cheeky-pint-podcast-launches
    date: 2025-06-16
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe launches the Cheeky Pint podcast
    summary: Stripe released the trailer for Cheeky Pint, a long-form technology interview podcast hosted by John Collison. The show extended Stripe's editorial work into a conversational audio and video format.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Podcast launched
    people:
      - John Collison
    organizations:
      - Stripe
    tags:
      - cheeky-pint
      - podcast
      - interviews
    source_ids:
      - source-2b9798bb1521325a716a
  - id: scaling-era-published
    date: 2025-03-25
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe Press publishes The Scaling Era
    summary: "Stripe Press published The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019-2025 by Dwarkesh Patel with Gavin Leech, assembling interviews, essays, definitions, and visual explanations of modern artificial intelligence."
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Digital edition published; print preorders opened
    people:
      - Dwarkesh Patel
      - Gavin Leech
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - artificial-intelligence
    source_ids:
      - source-66b82449fa2a80e4c027
      - source-391821de004fb1a8d195
  - id: boom-published
    date: 2024-11-19
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe Press publishes Boom
    summary: "Stripe Press published Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation by Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber, arguing that speculative bubbles can coordinate capital and accelerate adoption of frontier technologies."
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Byrne Hobart
      - Tobias Huber
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - economics
    source_ids:
      - source-26d0fe3a25115e526465
      - source-74ec7e63f0ae7f279004
  - id: poor-charlies-almanack-published
    date: 2023-12
    date_precision: month
    title: Stripe Press publishes its edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack
    summary: Stripe Press published an abridged edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack, Peter D. Kaufman's collection of Charles T. Munger's talks and ideas, with a new foreword by John Collison.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book edition published
    people:
      - Charles T. Munger
      - Peter D. Kaufman
      - John Collison
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - republication
    source_ids:
      - source-309d768b99fde62a31ae
      - source-e86271de9096463a5ac3
  - id: scaling-people-published
    date: 2023-03-07
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe Press publishes Scaling People
    summary: Stripe Press published Scaling People by former Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson, a practical operating guide to management systems, organizational design, hiring, and company communication.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Claire Hughes Johnson
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - management
    source_ids:
      - source-46bb338c33a88fca0929
      - source-6fc719eb40c62a9a55fd
  - id: we-are-as-gods-wide-release
    date: 2022-09-06
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe Press releases We Are As Gods
    summary: Stripe Press and Structure Films released We Are As Gods, a feature documentary about Stewart Brand, after its planned 2020 SXSW debut was disrupted by the pandemic. It was Stripe Press's first feature documentary release.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Digital release
    people:
      - Stewart Brand
      - David Alvarado
      - Jason Sussberg
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
      - Structure Films
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - documentary
      - film
    source_ids:
      - source-9dc6403512fc204f5744
      - source-919b997e5edbf0d1258d
  - id: beneath-the-surface-podcast-launches
    date: 2022-04-27
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe Press launches Beneath the Surface
    summary: Stripe Press launched Beneath the Surface, a documentary podcast hosted by Tamara Winter about infrastructure, cities, energy, transport, housing, and the people building responses to those systems.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Podcast launched
    people:
      - Tamara Winter
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - podcast
      - infrastructure
    source_ids:
      - source-f4b8c7ffa11d6fb5df68
      - source-79b0f9a2bc894c5e34ba
  - id: works-in-progress-joins-stripe
    date: 2022-02-17
    date_precision: day
    title: Works in Progress joins Stripe
    summary: Works in Progress announced that it had joined Stripe, allowing its editorial team to work on the publication full-time. The editors said Stripe would fund the magazine while preserving editorial independence and free online access.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Publication acquired and funded by Stripe
    organizations:
      - Works in Progress
      - Stripe
    related_events:
      - works-in-progress-founded
    tags:
      - works-in-progress
      - magazine
      - editorial-independence
    source_ids:
      - source-54483c6f0408dcb374f0
  - id: pieces-of-the-action-published
    date: "2022"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press republishes Pieces of the Action
    summary: Stripe Press published an updated edition of Vannevar Bush's Pieces of the Action, his memoir of coordinating scientific research, government, and industry, with a new foreword by Ben Reinhardt.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book edition published
    people:
      - Vannevar Bush
      - Ben Reinhardt
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - republication
    source_ids:
      - source-ba35b739c70ba7868444
  - id: where-is-my-flying-car-published
    date: 2021-11-30
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe Press publishes Where Is My Flying Car?
    summary: Stripe Press published J. Storrs Hall's Where Is My Flying Car?, an investigation of technological stagnation and a case for renewed progress in energy, transportation, and physical technology.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - J. Storrs Hall
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - technological-progress
    source_ids:
      - source-031c156e70030822874d
      - source-0b75f814a22078c9d80c
  - id: increment-final-issue
    date: 2021-11
    date_precision: month
    title: Increment publishes its final issue
    summary: Increment ended its run after 19 issues and more than 250 stories published between April 2017 and November 2021. Stripe preserved the magazine online as an archive of writing about software systems and engineering culture.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Publication ended; archive retained
    organizations:
      - Increment
      - Stripe
    metrics:
      - label: Issues published
        value: "19"
      - label: Stories published
        value: More than 250
      - label: Contributors
        value: More than 400
    related_events:
      - increment-launches
      - increment-print-subscriptions-launch
    tags:
      - increment
      - magazine
      - final-issue
    source_ids:
      - source-18d7b036f7b18496f3db
  - id: the-big-score-published
    date: 2021-07-20
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe Press republishes The Big Score
    summary: Stripe Press published a new edition of Michael S. Malone's The Big Score, a contemporaneous history of Silicon Valley's semiconductor, computer, venture-capital, and startup industries.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book edition published
    people:
      - Michael S. Malone
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - republication
      - silicon-valley
    source_ids:
      - source-dda978fa29fb0e3f1ddd
      - source-544128bb24b7d24104da
  - id: scientific-freedom-published
    date: "2020"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press republishes Scientific Freedom
    summary: Stripe Press published a new edition of Donald W. Braben's Scientific Freedom, which argues for funding high-potential researchers without conventional peer-review and short-term justification constraints.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book edition published
    people:
      - Donald W. Braben
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - republication
      - science
    source_ids:
      - source-a7eb7465e8205b255271
  - id: working-in-public-published
    date: "2020"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press publishes Working in Public
    summary: Stripe Press published Nadia Eghbal's Working in Public, an analysis of modern open-source software production, maintainer labor, online communities, and the shift toward creator-centered internet work.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Nadia Eghbal
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - open-source
    source_ids:
      - source-423ad9bb88f1960b97f7
  - id: art-of-doing-science-and-engineering-published
    date: "2020"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press republishes The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
    summary: Stripe Press published a redesigned edition of Richard W. Hamming's lectures on research, taste, learning, and ambitious technical work, with a new foreword by Bret Victor and redrawn figures.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book edition published
    people:
      - Richard W. Hamming
      - Bret Victor
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - republication
      - science
    source_ids:
      - source-dca09adf3ca00a50d008
  - id: making-of-prince-of-persia-published
    date: "2020"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press publishes The Making of Prince of Persia
    summary: Stripe Press published an illustrated edition of Jordan Mechner's development journals from the creation of Prince of Persia, documenting the creative and technical process behind an early landmark game.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Jordan Mechner
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - games
    source_ids:
      - source-e16e1affbf6a4f7fc8ff
  - id: works-in-progress-founded
    date: "2020"
    date_precision: year
    title: Works in Progress begins publishing
    summary: Works in Progress began as an online magazine covering economic growth, technology, policy, and practical improvements to human welfare. It initially operated independently before joining Stripe in 2022.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Online publication founded
    organizations:
      - Works in Progress
    related_events:
      - works-in-progress-joins-stripe
      - works-in-progress-print-edition-launched
    tags:
      - works-in-progress
      - magazine
      - launch
    source_ids:
      - source-cf848b7deddba3534073
  - id: increment-print-subscriptions-launch
    date: "2020"
    date_precision: year
    title: Increment launches print subscriptions
    summary: Increment made annual print subscriptions available after previously distributing issues through selected channels. The move gave Stripe's software magazine a direct, recurring physical-publication model.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Print subscription launched
    organizations:
      - Increment
      - Stripe
    related_events:
      - increment-launches
      - increment-final-issue
    tags:
      - increment
      - magazine
      - print
    source_ids:
      - source-68ef23b66125c4fd22f9
  - id: get-together-published
    date: "2019"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press publishes Get Together
    summary: Stripe Press published Get Together by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, and Kai Elmer Sotto, a practical guide to building durable communities around shared purpose and participation.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Bailey Richardson
      - Kevin Huynh
      - Kai Elmer Sotto
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - community
    source_ids:
      - source-a67403a0dfe10525868f
  - id: an-elegant-puzzle-published
    date: "2019"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press publishes An Elegant Puzzle
    summary: Stripe Press published An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, a field guide to engineering management that addresses organizational design, team sizing, technical strategy, and managing managers.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Will Larson
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - engineering-management
    source_ids:
      - source-5ae7e6ba83780e12c659
  - id: revolt-of-the-public-published
    date: "2018"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press republishes The Revolt of the Public
    summary: Stripe Press published an updated edition of Martin Gurri's The Revolt of the Public, extending his analysis of how networked publics challenge the authority of hierarchical institutions.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book edition published
    people:
      - Martin Gurri
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - republication
      - institutions
    source_ids:
      - source-7f3656858147bb5d1d05
  - id: stubborn-attachments-published
    date: "2018"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press publishes Stubborn Attachments
    summary: Stripe Press published Tyler Cowen's Stubborn Attachments, a philosophical case for sustainable economic growth, broad human rights, and decision-making that gives future generations substantial moral weight.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Tyler Cowen
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - economics
    source_ids:
      - source-81437bb4554785e28054
  - id: dream-machine-published
    date: "2018"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press republishes The Dream Machine
    summary: Stripe Press published a new edition of M. Mitchell Waldrop's The Dream Machine, a history of J. C. R. Licklider and the researchers who developed interactive and networked personal computing.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book edition published
    people:
      - M. Mitchell Waldrop
      - J. C. R. Licklider
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - republication
      - computing-history
    source_ids:
      - source-2ec15e8f0c45bec3dcef
  - id: high-growth-handbook-published
    date: "2018"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe Press publishes High Growth Handbook
    summary: Stripe Press launched its book program with Elad Gil's High Growth Handbook, a collection of operating advice and interviews for leaders scaling fast-growing technology companies.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book published
    people:
      - Elad Gil
    organizations:
      - Stripe Press
    related_events:
      - stripe-press-book-imprint-launches
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - book
      - management
      - first-title
    source_ids:
      - source-005a0d1ceb2b1514026f
      - source-3bdf6f55cfb6d97a591c
  - id: stripe-press-book-imprint-launches
    date: "2018"
    date_precision: year
    title: Stripe launches Stripe Press as a book imprint
    summary: Stripe introduced Stripe Press as a publishing imprint for books about technology, organizations, and progress. High Growth Handbook was its first release, with original works and revived editions planned for the early catalog.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Book imprint launched
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Stripe Press
    related_events:
      - high-growth-handbook-published
    tags:
      - stripe-press
      - imprint
      - launch
    source_ids:
      - source-3bdf6f55cfb6d97a591c
  - id: increment-launches
    date: 2017-04-13
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe launches Increment magazine
    summary: Stripe launched Increment, a magazine about building and operating software systems, with an inaugural issue focused on on-call work. It mixed technical practice with reporting, essays, and illustration.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Magazine launched
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Increment
    related_events:
      - increment-print-subscriptions-launch
      - increment-final-issue
    tags:
      - increment
      - magazine
      - launch
      - software-engineering
    source_ids:
      - source-6dff7671fdc80ed92ead
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