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Good idea... I signed up and I'm looking forward to seeing how it works. I'm working on a tool for developers (secrets management -- https://www.envkey.com htt

Good idea... I signed up and I'm looking forward to seeing how it works. I'm working on a tool for developers (secrets management -- https://www.envkey.com https://www.envkey.com), that is currently available for two languages, Ruby and Node.js. How likely is it that I'll be able to find newsletters that cater to my niche through your service? On that note, it would be nice if I could specify some parameters when I sign up to be sure the newsletters I'm getting notified about are relevant. Good luck!

garysieling 9y ago
For what this is worth, I've been getting email subscribers through HN and other programming forums for https://www.findlectures.com https://www.findlectures.com. At least anecdotally there seem to be a lot of programmers joining, despite not being necessarily being a programmer focused list.
- danenania 9y ago
  Thanks! I'll check it out.
pixelfeeder 9y ago
Looks great. There are actually a bunch of developer focussed newsletters in our database. So yes. Great idea on the parameters. Noted and will find a way to have it in the product.
- tyingq 9y ago
  Newsletters about compliance type stuff might be a good fit too. PCI, Sarbanes Oxley, etc.
- danenania 9y ago
  Great! Looking forward to the first batch.
tyingq 9y ago
Not newsletters, and more labor intensive, but finding discussions/forums/etc talking about secret management and tastefully commenting on them might be fruitful. Smartystreets.com does a relatively good job with this. They find discussions, and try to give good advice that doesn't depend on their product, with a VERY light pointer to their site. It's somewhat tricky to add value to the discussion without sounding like an obvious sales pitch.
- danenania 9y ago
  Yeah, it's a delicate balance but I agree it can work really well when done right.
petercooper 9y ago
Ruby and Node.js. How likely is it that I'll be able to find newsletters that cater to my niche through your service? We have http://rubyweekly.com/ http://rubyweekly.com/ and http://nodeweekly.com/ http://nodeweekly.com/ if that helps specifically ;-) There is also http://greenruby.org/ http://greenruby.org/ and https://nodejs.libhunt.com/newsletter https://nodejs.libhunt.com/newsletter. To be fair, just Googling "[topic] newsletter" tends to give the best results in my experience.

garysieling 9y ago

For what this is worth, I've been getting email subscribers through HN and other programming forums for https://www.findlectures.com https://www.findlectures.com. At least anecdotally there seem to be a lot of programmers joining, despite not being necessarily being a programmer focused list.

danenania 9y ago
Thanks! I'll check it out.

pixelfeeder 9y ago

Looks great. There are actually a bunch of developer focussed newsletters in our database. So yes. Great idea on the parameters. Noted and will find a way to have it in the product.

tyingq 9y ago
Newsletters about compliance type stuff might be a good fit too. PCI, Sarbanes Oxley, etc.
danenania 9y ago
Great! Looking forward to the first batch.

tyingq 9y ago

Not newsletters, and more labor intensive, but finding discussions/forums/etc talking about secret management and tastefully commenting on them might be fruitful. Smartystreets.com does a relatively good job with this. They find discussions, and try to give good advice that doesn't depend on their product, with a VERY light pointer to their site. It's somewhat tricky to add value to the discussion without sounding like an obvious sales pitch.

danenania 9y ago
Yeah, it's a delicate balance but I agree it can work really well when done right.

petercooper 9y ago

Ruby and Node.js. How likely is it that I'll be able to find newsletters that cater to my niche through your service? We have http://rubyweekly.com/ http://rubyweekly.com/ and http://nodeweekly.com/ http://nodeweekly.com/ if that helps specifically ;-) There is also http://greenruby.org/ http://greenruby.org/ and https://nodejs.libhunt.com/newsletter https://nodejs.libhunt.com/newsletter. To be fair, just Googling "[topic] newsletter" tends to give the best results in my experience.