Maildown
Web and SaaS
email api
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Idea is appealing to developers
From 1 comment
Love the idea. I had a similar idea but using some type of WYSIWYG templating, but never started. I was afraid of finding a sustainable marketing channel. There is a lot of…
manceraio on HN
Objections
Branding and landing page showed a Tailwind starter page
From 1 comment
Your branding is pointing to a tailwind CSS starter page.
alixaxel on HN
Stylesheet blocked by wrong MIME type, broke styling
From 2 comments
your style sheet is being blocked for me: Refused to apply style from 'https://maildown.dev/' because its MIME type ('text/html') is not a supported stylesheet MIME type, and…
mritchie712 on HNit's going to happen in all browsers, you're not linking to a CSS file `<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maildown.dev">`
mritchie712 on HN
Crowded market with expensive keyword ads
From 1 comment
Love the idea. I had a similar idea but using some type of WYSIWYG templating, but never started. I was afraid of finding a sustainable marketing channel. There is a lot of…
manceraio on HN
Pricing page was hidden and button copy unclear
From 1 comment
What does this mean - "Start Free Now" Where is the pricing page and why is it hidden ?
ab_testing on HN
Requests
Handle updating user email addresses and unsubscribe state
From 2 comments
Cool! Do you handle updating users’ email addresses? That’s a challenge we’ve had with sendgrid. A user updates their email address and now they’re no longer unsubscribed if they…
kevsim on HNWhat works in other systems (intercom, for example) is allowing callers to pass a user ID with every call. Then you can match on that and unsubscribe the user rather than the…
kevsim on HN
Support DNS setup guidance and domain limits
From 1 comment
For me one of the pain points I had as a beginner was setting the DNS records. I couldn't figure out what I was doing and the propagation time was making me anxious because I…
manceraio on HN
Add DKIM verification
From 1 comment
Emails are all sent by AWS. When you first sign up, you're sent a verification email from AWS to confirm your ownership of that address. I'm also hoping to improve this further…
chris140957 on HN
Questions
How emails are sent and kept out of spam
From 1 comment
I'm curious as to how you are sending the emails under the hood to make the best effort that the emails don't get flagged as spam.
jetti on HN
How user ID-based unsubscribes would work
From 1 comment
What works in other systems (intercom, for example) is allowing callers to pass a user ID with every call. Then you can match on that and unsubscribe the user rather than the…
kevsim on HN
Alternatives named
SendGrid
From 1 comment
Cool! Do you handle updating users’ email addresses? That’s a challenge we’ve had with sendgrid. A user updates their email address and now they’re no longer unsubscribed if they…
kevsim on HN
Intercom
From 1 comment
What works in other systems (intercom, for example) is allowing callers to pass a user ID with every call. Then you can match on that and unsubscribe the user rather than the…
kevsim on HN