Self-hosted newsletter tech stack for $0-7/mo

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TinyLetter

Tinyletter - I only heard about this source later on, so it wasn’t relevant, but I might’ve used it (note: it is part of Mailchimp).

#Email Marketing #Newsletter Marketing #Email Marketing Platforms 8 social mentions

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Termly.io

#Privacy Policy Generator #Terms And Conditions Generator #Disclaimer Generator 17 social mentions

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Substack

Substack - Many people suggested substack. It’s cool, but I felt too limited by the landing page designer, and the editor wasn’t 100% what I wanted. I also didn’t plan to create a paid newsletter, which they tailor the product for. However, it might work great for others who wish to start quickly (+1 for MVPs).

#Paid Newsletters #Email Newsletters #Newsletter Marketing 88 social mentions

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Render

I started with digital ocean, but I decided to go with render.com because they allowed me to use docker and have zero-downtime deployments with CI/CD automatically fetching the latest commit from GitHub.

#Cloud Infrastructure #Cloud Computing #Cloud Hosting 419 social mentions

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Railway

After the Google analytics debacle in Europe, I decided that I wanted to use a more privacy-friendly solution. As I’m already paying for render and wanted to keep costs low for now, I wanted to find free hosting for my type of usage. Thankfully, I found railway that provides free servers and guides for the most common open-source tools you’d ever need. Check the umami guide here.

#Software Engineering #Developer Tools #Tech 224 social mentions

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MailChimp

Mailchimp - I almost used their API as they are pretty standard, but again, not open-source, and the editor wasn’t great. They have a very unappealing UI which I didn’t want to use… not even in the ‘unsubscribe form.’.

#Email Marketing #Email Marketing Platforms #Email Marketing Automation 85 social mentions

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Ghost

Ghost is a node.js newsletter that you can deploy with ghost.org or self-host yourself.

#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 173 social mentions

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GetTerms.io

#Privacy Policy Generator #Privacy Policy #GDPR Compliance 7 social mentions

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daily.dev

The problem I kept coming across upon my research was that I couldn’t find a decent resource for developer trends. I knew about daily.dev and a few others, but none of them gave me a value-packed analysis of one specific developer trend at a time - like trends.vc.

#Firefox Extensions #Chrome Extensions #Productivity 61 social mentions

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ConvertKit

ConvertKit - I really didn’t like the editor and pricing, and it isn’t open-source.

#Email Marketing #Email Marketing Platforms #Newsletter Marketing 20 social mentions

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Buttondown

Buttondown - I Just heard about them a few days ago. Seems super nice, because of the simplicity and the markdown-centirc approach, plus, the pricing is very acceptable.

#Email Newsletters #Personal Newsletter #NaaS 24 social mentions