#kikkm2022-environments
tiny furnace
Hi there! This is really up to you... we don't have a lot of recommendations here. If you want to differentiate them, one way to do so would be to use the + email trick. So like test+123@gmail.com will still have emails sent to test@gmail.com but that can differentiate it.
placid scroll
and i assume we can create different products for each environment
if i send an email to test+123@gmail.com will it go to test@gmail.com?
like if I'm doing a refund
tiny furnace
Yes it should
placid scroll
ok, interesting
i think i remember that from years ago!
do you have companies that set up multiple Stripe accounts for this reason?
tiny furnace
Yes it is common to set up multiple accounts for dev/staging/prod
It is a little tricky to ensure they are all configured the same
placid scroll
ok, got it
tiny furnace
But it is the best way currently
placid scroll
i see
so you gain data separation but the cost is that you have to keep the config the same
tiny furnace
Yep
placid scroll
is there any other way that people differentiate the users?
other than the +123
?
Is there some metadata that could be set on the user record
and filtered
placid scroll
Sorry, I should have said "customer" record
is there a field we could use to differentiate dev and staging customers
tiny furnace
Depends a bit on what your integration is doing, but on almost all objects you could set metadata that you could use to differentiate if you wanted to go that route.
placid scroll
ok
got it
i guess we'll have to discuss the pros cons of the config vs. data separation issue.
tiny furnace
Yeah that is essentially the tradeoff
placid scroll
Ok, appreciate the help!