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Looks good, I'd like to see the UX of viewing form content. Also, the demo code should use https right? The demo code should also be text (use a pre tag) instead of an image screenshot.

Another Formspree[1] clone. Why simple tools like this keep being written?

[1]: https://formspree.io/

Not really sure; I've been using Formspree for a while now with no complaints. Typeform looks interesting as well, but I haven't really found a persuasive argument to get me off of Formspree for most things.

What I meant wasn't that everybody should build their own form-to-email redirector, but actually the opposite: why, after Formspree, Formkeep, Typeform and various others, developers keep coming up with the same solution? I thought programmers -- especially when doing side-projects like this -- liked creating new things, thinking about newer ways of solving problems, or solving new problems.

I wasn't insinuating that everyone should make their own form handler; I was just agreeing that formspree is pretty good for what it is, and I haven't really felt the need to utilize another service (or reinvent the service and shove it to HN).

> I thought programmers -- especially when doing side-projects like this -- liked creating new things, thinking about newer ways of solving problems, or solving new problems.

I half-jokingly / half-seriously blame TodoMVC for a lot of this stuff; I don't really think a form-to-email redirector is the next TodoMVC-- but I would suggest that newish devs' first experiences are cookie-cutter assignments / tutorials for inventing the same damn thing over and over again.

I haven't seen a person solving a "new" or "interesting" problem at my local hackerspace in over a year; they're still arguing about what the best way to make a Todo app is.

I think this was very well said.

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