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How about email? Form runs on your (anything) -> creates a new email -> you get instant email notifications because it's an email. That's also perfect for MVPs,
by altmanaltman 11mo ago
How about email? Form runs on your (anything) -> creates a new email -> you get instant email notifications because it's an email. That's also perfect for MVPs, landing pages, portfolios or any low-volume use case. Why would I want to rely on a middleman or version control software for this?
If you know it's a glued-together solution that you'll have to rip apart if your program scales, why make it so complex in the first place?
- saulpw 11mo agoHow do you send an email from your static page?
- cadamsdotcom 11mo agoWith a mailto: link.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 11mo agoThat comes attached with a lot of spam though
- e12e 11mo agoIronically that would probably work on phones, where most people probably have an app for email (Gmail, Apple Mail) - but not so much on computers, where many just use webmail rather than an email application?
- jayknight 11mo ago<form action="mailto:contact@example.com">...
- o1o1o1 11mo agoI believe this approach is superior because it minimizes reliance on GitHub as the sole backend provider. You can utilize any mailing library in your backend to simply send emails or choose API email providers like Resend or Mailgun. For spam protection, various providers are available, such as Cloudflare and Google. > why make it so complex in the first place? You're completely justified in questioning this, and I resonate with you and all the developers who feel the same way.