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by nabaraj 4839 days ago
Yes the design looks similar but it looks like just a UI copy. The styling, scripts are pretty much different.

Fun fact:

keen.ico (OP) : banner_icons_light.png 800 x 454

recom.io(Alleged copier) : banner_icons_light.png 3928 x 2228

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<script src="https://keen_web_static.s3.amazonaws.com/js/google-code-pret... type="text/javascript"></script>

Keen web static included on recom.io isn't copying?

our designer made that icons banner, and the github button, and the gray arrow, and we wrote the text about "the old fashioned way". we also designed the tabs for the code samples :)
Definitely a copy -- they even ripped off the Typekit code — which won't load from a different domain. No need to call it alleged.
keen.ico (OP) : banner_icons_light.png 800 x 454

recom.io(Alleged copier) : banner_icons_light.png 3928 x 2228

The image on keen.io has "_small" in the filename (not as you typed it). The large version of the image is also hosted on keen.io's AWS: https://keen_web_static.s3.amazonaws.com/img/banner_icons_li...

If the rip-off company is hot-linking images or CSS files then it gives keen.io an excellent opportunity to mess with them. Keen.io just has to copy the files to a new folder, update their HTML - then start having fun with the old images.
Lazy web developer and most likely a lazy ceo, who made them copy it.