How I Built An Open Source Serverless Newsletter Platform

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SendGrid

Learn why more developers choose SendGrid for their email deliverability service to send transactional emails triggered by web apps. Get started for free

Sending emails that don't go to spam is difficult and requires expertise and ongoing maintenance - something I do not have. So I explored two options: Amazon SES and SendGrid. There are others out there, but I had the most familiarity with these two.

#Email Delivery #Transactional Email #Email Marketing 106 social mentions
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MailChimp

MailChimp is the best way to design, send, and share email newsletters.

I did some digging on newsletter services like MailChimp, Sendinblue, and ConvertKit, and they would work except I wasn't looking to start paying a premium. Most of the newsletter services I looked into supported up to 300 readers on their free tier - and I'm fortunate enough to have more than that subscribed to the Serverless Picks of the Week newsletter.

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

Handlebars is a JavaScript template library that is, more or less, based on ...
Pricing:
- Open Source
SendGrid has a neat feature called dynamic templates that allows you to create a parameterized email message using Handlebars.

#Development #Javascript UI Libraries #Tool 58 social mentions
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Hugo

Hugo is a general-purpose website framework for generating static web pages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
I write all my content in Markdown. When I commit a new blog post or newsletter, it is compiled into html by the Hugo framework in the CI pipeline of my AWS Amplify project. When a build finishes successfully, Amplify publishes an event to EventBridge, which is where the workflow picks it up.

#Static Site Generators #Blogging #Blogging Platform 354 social mentions
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ConvertKit

Email marketing software for online creators. We help you earn a living online through an intuitive email marketing automation tool.

I did some digging on newsletter services like MailChimp, Sendinblue, and ConvertKit, and they would work except I wasn't looking to start paying a premium. Most of the newsletter services I looked into supported up to 300 readers on their free tier - and I'm fortunate enough to have more than that subscribed to the Serverless Picks of the Week newsletter.

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

Scale your business email & marketing messages with Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), a cost-effective and reliable cloud email service. Sign up today.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Sending emails that don't go to spam is difficult and requires expertise and ongoing maintenance - something I do not have. So I explored two options: Amazon SES and SendGrid. There are others out there, but I had the most familiarity with these two.

#Email Delivery #Email Marketing #Transactional Email 65 social mentions