[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":769},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-21648096":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":47,"post_text":49,"what":50,"said":113,"maker_in_thread":227,"shape":240,"grid":244,"attempts":731,"same_week":732,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":761,"reader_version":762,"card":763},"21648096","AnonAddy","An open-source anonymous email forwarding service","title","Show HN: I made an open-source anonymous email forwarding service","https:\u002F\u002Fanonaddy.com\u002F","anonaddy.com","willbrowning",1574865200,2019,393,178,58,2195,3,"legend","productivity","email aliasing","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"email alias","anonymous email","email forwarding","privacy email","mixed",0.204,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},24,33,1,12,70,{"execution":37,"privacy":38,"design":40,"pricing":43,"idea":45,"docs":46},{"positive":33,"critical":18},{"positive":33,"critical":39},2,{"positive":41,"critical":42},4,0,{"positive":44,"critical":33},6,{"positive":44,"critical":44},{"positive":33,"critical":42},[18,42,42,48,42,42,33,42,33,42,42,33,18,18,41,18,33,48,18,48,33,18,18,48,48,33,48,18,18,48,18,39,48,48,18,18,41,41,48,48],5,null,{"problem":51,"audience":58,"pricing":67,"motivation":74,"time_to_build":49,"stack":81,"openness":110,"stage":111,"team_size":112},{"value":52,"source":53,"evidence":54},"Protects real email address from spam and identifies who sold your data by using a unique address per website.","maker",[55],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},"21648109","Hi all, creator here. I've been working on AnonAddy (short for anonymous email address) for the past few months with the vision of creating a privacy friendly, transparent and…",{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"Privacy-conscious users who want to avoid spam and tracking.","inferred",[62,63],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"21648936","baggachipz","Fantastic looking product, and the first year of service for the price of a beer is a great value. Just hooked it up with my own domain to track spam offenders and eventually…",{"value":68,"source":53,"evidence":69},"Pro plan $36\u002Fyear or $4\u002Fmonth; Lite plan available with 1 custom domain.",[70,73],{"id":71,"by":11,"text":72},"21648671","Awesome, thanks! I did start the service with just the Pro plan at $36 per year or $4 per month. 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I will be keeping this service running indefinitely as I use it myself everyday along with friends and family.…",[82,86,90,94,98,102,106],{"value":83,"source":53,"evidence":84},"Laravel",[85],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"value":87,"source":53,"evidence":88},"Vue.js",[89],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"value":91,"source":53,"evidence":92},"Tailwind CSS",[93],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"value":95,"source":53,"evidence":96},"Postfix",[97],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"value":99,"source":53,"evidence":100},"MariaDB",[101],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"value":103,"source":53,"evidence":104},"Nginx",[105],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"value":107,"source":53,"evidence":108},"Redis",[109],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},"open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":114,"objections":132,"requests":165,"questions":194,"alternatives":209},[115,124,128],{"value":116,"source":117,"evidence":118},"Open source with privacy at its core","commenter",[119,123],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"21648601","missmadeleine","Hey, been using this for a few weeks now. Been an absolute game-changer. So refreshing to have something open-source with privacy at the heart of it. Super user friendly, great…",{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"value":125,"source":117,"evidence":126},"Good value pricing",[127],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"value":129,"source":117,"evidence":130},"Easy to use dashboard",[131],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},[133,144,151,158],{"value":134,"source":117,"evidence":135},"Domains may get blacklisted by websites that block disposable email",[136,140],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"21649355","Fabricio20","Awesome idea! I've been doing this exact same thing since march this year with my own domain using MailGun (Free) and custom forwarding rules. Really amazing to see someone turn…",{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"21649625","mrchess","Do you have a plan for when the anonaddy.com domain is added to the blacklisted emails? For example, I know on some websites will just straight up reject addresses from…",{"value":145,"source":117,"evidence":146},"Pricing margins may be too low to sustain the service",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"21648667","rinchik","This looks great! The only note would be pricing? Margins look too low for the tech product? You need to sustainably acquire and maintain a very large user base in order to make…",{"value":152,"source":117,"evidence":153},"Abuse and backscatter spam could get the IP blacklisted",[154],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"21650347","geocrasher","Delivering mail services on the Internet is hard. Really hard. It's even harder to do correctly, and harder yet to prevent abuse. 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