one rule: if a key starts with `sk_`, it never touches frontend code. publishable keys are fine in the browser; secret keys are server-only.

in next.js the prefix tells you — `NEXT_PUBLIC_` ships to the browser, no prefix stays on the server.

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a webhook is an http request to a url. anyone who finds the url can send one — including a fake "payment succeeded."

that's why stripe signs every event. you verify the signature before you trust the body. it's one line, and it isn't optional.

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Local-first. Bring your own AI. Zero storage.

The integration console that doesn't make you hand over your code first.

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the whole pitch:

your code never leaves your machine.

no repo upload. no prompt storage. bring your own AI key.

building in public.

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You clicked accept on a ToS you didn't read.

Somewhere in there it said your repo trains their model.

We don't have a ToS like that. Nothing to upload.

The console runs where your code already lives.

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Stripe isn't the hard part. The half-planned integration is.

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"stripe subscriptions with clerk" turns into a plan before it turns into code.

routes, env vars, webhook events, the userId ↔ stripeCustomerId mapping, per-file diffs for approval.

no repo upload. no prompt storage. understanding first, code after.