Tech stack is Node/Express running on Dokku/Digital Ocean for the API. UI is built using Parcel and hosted on Netlify.
Would love to hear your thoughts and happy to answer any questions you folks may have :-)
It's a good idea and I wish you the best of luck, but I am curious how you handle the outbound deliverability.
* Easier setup - nothing to configure and you can keep using your existing email setup. Using email clients can be very difficult for some people, especially older folks, so I don't want to make their lives harder by forcing them to learn something new.
* Less maintenance/upkeep - not having to worry about storing/sending/retrying means that users have a better UX.
I'd love to easily integrate sending from the custom email, and I may add it in the future for the power users, but I think the cost/benefit of it right now just isn't worth it so I'll keep things Simple©.