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Google removed our website from search because it uses youtube-dl

Google removed our website from search because it uses youtube-dl

Update: Google accepted our DMCA counter notice and reinstated all 317 Kapwing webpages that they took down. In the week that the takedown was in effect, our website traffic was down 30%. A week ago, we received an email that every website owner dreads - a notification of a DMCA

We increased our revenue by lowering prices

We increased our revenue by lowering prices

There's a common rallying cry amongst Silicon Valley investors and tech Twitter pundits: raise prices! Marc Andreesen, the famous tech founder turned VC, went as far as to say he would hire a skywriter just to write it across San Francisco: Legendary investor Marc Andreesen's advice:

Which MUNI Lines are Usually Late?

Which MUNI Lines are Usually Late?

With the mask mandate eased and more of our team wanting to work from our office in San Francisco, the number of employees commuting on public transportation has been increasing over the past few weeks. Our company, Kapwing [https://www.kapwing.com], is an online video editing [https://www.kapwing.

There's no such thing as an organic positive review

There's no such thing as an organic positive review

When we first set out to build Kapwing [https://www.kapwing.com], a collaborative online video editor [https://www.kapwing.com/video-editor], our approach to getting positive reviews online was to focus solely on building a good product. We subscribed to the prevailing startup wisdom to "make something people

Should we put a weight rack in the office?

Should we put a weight rack in the office?

Recently, our team at Kapwing [https://www.kapwing.com] moved into a new office space that we've been using sparingly due to the pandemic. As part of setting up the new space, we dealt with a variety of logistics, from setting up desks to figuring out spacing to

Our AI Art Generator Isn't Being Used To Generate Art

Our AI Art Generator Isn't Being Used To Generate Art

When the VQGAN+CLIP image and video generation techniques started trending on Twitter earlier this month, I was excited to try it out for myself. I've always been interested in the intersection with between technology and art, and it felt like the perfect opportunity to create an easy

How to Rename Your Master Branch to Main in Git

How to Rename Your Master Branch to Main in Git

If you're a software developer in 2020, you're likely familiar with the term "master" as the name of the primary branch of development in Git. One recent movement in the tech industry has been around changing the default "master" name to another

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