Another properly hectic day

It’s been another properly hectic day. It honestly feels like my to-do list is growing faster than the cold nights are drawing in.

As much as I love reviewing email providers (which probably says everything you need to know about what a geek I am), I get just as much satisfaction out of building things. The apps I choose to make are usually ones I want to use myself, either because the existing options are far too expensive or because they’re missing a feature I desperately need. Other times, I’ll build something simply because I’m toying with a new idea and think it might come in handy. Whatever the reason, I love putting these tools out into the wild for anyone to take for a spin. Almost everything I build is completely free to use because, as you know, my motto is all about sharing the love.

I originally considered publishing all these projects here on paulobrien.com, and I did host a few since they tied into email in one way or another. But adding too many guides, installation steps and repositories risked cluttering what the main site is actually about. With that in mind, I decided to separate things out: as of yesterday, all my developer work is open for public scrutiny over at paulobrien.dev. Have a browse and try out a tool. If you find something useful, keep it; it’s completely on the house.

Speaking of tools, Blogby.email has already gained a brand-new feature that I suspect will be rather popular: newsletter subscriptions. Your readers can now sign up directly from your blog and get an email whenever your next piece is published. It’s a brilliant little addition that makes the platform even more capable, especially as Blogby.email itself doesn’t cost a single penny.

Finally, I’ve just published my latest review covering Mail-in-a-Box, the popular self-hosted email server suite. Do have a read when you get a moment and let me know how you think it stacks up.

As always, sharing the love.

Stay safe