Kill Bill was recently the topic of conversation on Hacker News, and a couple of commenters expressed disappointment that Kill Bill was written in Java. We’ve meant for some time to post...
Kill Bill Internals
An Upgraded Kill Bill Tech Stack
This month we’re lifting up the hood to report on some upgrades to the Kill Bill tech stack. While Kill Bill was not affected by the log4j vulnerability revealed in December 2021 (KB...
Behind the Scenes with the Doc Team
In the past few months, we’ve added new guides to the Kill Bill documentation. We’re investing significant time and effort into our docs, and it gives us great pleasure to show off the...
Kill Bill on AWS: Managing Metrics with Datadog
Measurements and metrics are an important part of managing your Kill Bill system to ensure that performance is optimized and any problems can be detected early. Kill Bill collects over 1,300 metrics to show you every conceivable view of your system’s behavior.
On the Road to Subscription Billing with Kill Bill
Earlier this month, we were thrilled to see that a software consulting company headquartered in Germany, doubleSlash, wrote a blog post about using Kill Bill for subscription billing: ...
4 Secrets To Successful Subscription Management
There’s no denying that the subscription management business model offers unique benefits to both businesses and customers. Subscription-based services are attractive for customers as they...
Kill Bill’s Inquiries Series #2: Of Payments, Demos, and Internationalization
Greetings, fellow Kill Billers! We keep getting questions at Kill Bill headquarters, and of course, we want to answer them all! Don’t be shy and fire yours away in our Community or contact...
Kill Bill 0.18.x Release
We are very eager to announce the new Kill Bill 0.18.x release train (current version at the time of this blog is 0.18.2). Our last announcement for a 'major' release (see current Kill...
Bill Cycle Day Overrides
Until now, Kill Bill only allowed to configure the Bill Cycle Day (BCD) attached to each subscription through the use of billing alignment catalog rules. As a reminder, the BCD defines the...
Moving Towards a Flexible Catalog
Back in the days, when we started the design for Kill Bill, some of the first discussions we had were centered around catalog (definition of products, prices, behavior associated to each...