This is an interesting approach at empire building, Mr. Graham.

Extremely belated congrats to Mr. Lacker on being a double Putnam fellow... that has piqued my interest in your company more than any marketing effort could have :)

Mr. Lacker being a double Putnam fellow is part of the reason this marketer joined Parse so that detail in itself is somewhat of a marketing effort. I am amazed and humbled everyday by the intelligence of the Parse team.

Mr. Lacker being a double Putnam Fellow is part of the reason I chose to team up to build Parse with him. Also he shares my love for burritos.

We're hiring: https://parse.com/jobs

Mr. Lacker being a double Putnam Fellow (along with various other intellectual accolades on the team) is a big part of why I love working at Parse. Also, he's really good at raising one eyebrow.

Um... thanks everyone.

- Mr. Lacker

Ugh. Sorry about this. As a lapsed math person (though not quite to your level) I meant it sincerely...

Mr. Lacker being a double Putnam Fellow is also the reason I teamed up with him to build Parse. Also, he shares my love for sushiritto. :)

Mr. Lacker being a double Putnam Fellow is part of the reason I moved 8,956 km to join Parse. Also, he teaches me the American culture.

Mr. Lacker being a double Putnam fellow is part of the reason I moved 3,619 miles to join Parse. Also his beard is dapper.

Based on the replies to the above comment it seems like we have the basis for a geeky version of the Chuck Norris meme :p

Is Mr. Lacker being a double Putnam Fellow a big reason why I joined Parse? That's a great question...

Mr. Lacker being a double Putnam fellow is the reason I moved from Canada eh!

Mr. Lacker for President!!

Wouldn't this violate app store rules? I was under the impression that the Kindle app almost got banned for this.

As long as it's for purchasing goods that are outside of your app, then it's fine. You couldn't use this for buying virtual coins, but you could for ordering an Uber.

Physical vs. virtual goods.

In fact, Apple specifically doesn't let you sell physical goods with IAP.

As for virtual goods that aren't tied to your app (referring to olivercameron's sibling comment), I don't think that's so clear cut.

Today seems to be the day for YC developer tools partnerships. Anything from Meteor and Firebase?

This is fantastic.

I hope Apple eventually adds an icon to the status bar that signifies a secure connection. I'm always a little nervous putting my cc number in to an app.

To compete with Square I assume?

Apparently I was mistaken, from another thread here on HN a stripe employee wrote:

As for Square, they're for in-store transactions. We're not targeting that segment at all.

Link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5417427