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this is the most gorgeous dev tool design/website i have seen in a long time. and you JUST graduated from YC? amazing my real question is - how do you ship so

by swyx 3y ago

this is the most gorgeous dev tool design/website i have seen in a long time. and you JUST graduated from YC? amazing my real question is - how do you ship so fast and well? what do you trade off to be able to do this? for email - my main wish is that it be integrated well with an auth and analytics system. the emails i send out should be aware of what the user has done, and if you've given me your email i should already have created an account for you, etc. seems all like one and the same - have a total representation of the user. i am guessing i'm far from the first to talk about this. so the smaller, second idea, is just a good/gorgeous "contact center" like experience with multiple channels and levels of email engagement that people can opt in/out of. so eg you can choose to get emails from me every day/week/month/quarter/year, or based on specific topics. one can of course build this with resend, but it wouldnt be GREAT. people/developers/startups need help making this usually overlooked experience GREAT.

zenorocha 3y ago
Thanks for the kind words! Shipping software, to me, is like a heartbeat. You need to ship small improvements in a steady rhythm, but you also need the big spikes which represent the major releases. If you only ship minor things every week, people won't care. If you only ship one thing every year, people will forget. It's important to find a balance between both. When it comes to quality, it's a matter of asking ourselves: "Are we proud of this?" There were two occasions when we discussed shipping this website sooner, but we decided to postpone it because it simply wasn't quite there yet. Sweating the details is more important than people think.
zenorocha 3y ago
About your email wishlist - I agree entirely. The more integrated it is with auth and analytics systems, the better and easier it will be to get started. The whole unsubscribe flow is overlooked by most companies, and having a built-in drop solution for this would be awesome.

by swyx 3y ago

zenorocha 3y ago

Thanks for the kind words! Shipping software, to me, is like a heartbeat. You need to ship small improvements in a steady rhythm, but you also need the big spikes which represent the major releases. If you only ship minor things every week, people won't care. If you only ship one thing every year, people will forget. It's important to find a balance between both. When it comes to quality, it's a matter of asking ourselves: "Are we proud of this?" There were two occasions when we discussed shipping this website sooner, but we decided to postpone it because it simply wasn't quite there yet. Sweating the details is more important than people think.

zenorocha 3y ago

About your email wishlist - I agree entirely. The more integrated it is with auth and analytics systems, the better and easier it will be to get started. The whole unsubscribe flow is overlooked by most companies, and having a built-in drop solution for this would be awesome.