Moving Day Just Got a Whole Lot More Exciting
For a little over a year, AINews has been functioning in MVP mode on Buttondown, an excellent email service by Justin Duke. We went far, far longer on it than we ever thought possible, including having our crappy signup page featured on Lex Fridman thanks to a @levelsio shoutout. This experience was certainly enlightening and provided some great insights into the importance of user experience in an online platform.
However, as we continued to use Buttondown, we realized that we wanted to improve certain aspects of it. We wanted to enhance our signup process, increase deliverability, and optimize our web experience for better performance. To address these needs, we have now made a significant upgrade to our sign-up process, thanks in part to the expertise gained from using Buttondown.
Our new setup includes a custom stack that integrates Resend by SmolTalk with Vercel and SmolTalk itself. This integration promises to provide an exceptional user experience and deliverability for AINews moving forward. We'll be discussing more about this upgrade at our upcoming conference in San Francisco later this year, where we plan to share more details about our progress so far.
