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I compiled some of the learnings from my own experience (W23) and asked other YC friends from various batches, so you can get a feel of what happens after YC.
We just released React Email 2.0, featuring:
* Re-imagined preview experience * Massive performance improvements * New components * Deployment to Vercel * Better support for monorepos
For those who don't know, React Email is a collection of high-quality, unstyled components for creating beautiful emails using React, Tailwind, and TypeScript.
Here's what we've been up to and what's next for this project...
Even though I pushed the first commit to Dracula, I'm not the only one responsible for its success.
Over the years, more than 734 contributors have created themes for all sorts of apps.
Dracula is everywhere now, from code editors to music apps, from terminals to websites.
Now, we're launching a new website designed and developed by the super-talented Lucas de França.
With an ever-growing selection of apps supported, we needed a better way to showcase all the themes.
The new homepage brings an App Store look-and-feel with a focus on discoverability.
Dracula PRO is also getting a fresh look, including a new surprise theme (more coming soon).
The new newsletter form is powered by Resend using the private beta for Contacts API.
A lot has happened in the last ten years, but there's a lot we still want to do.
We're on a quest to create the best cross-platform theme in the world.
We want to transform the industry and provide a consistent experience across all applications.
We believe that every single app should have a Dracula theme installed, and the best part is that you can help us make it happen.
Thank you for creating themes, for sharing them with your friends, for writing about them, for contributing to them, for being part of this journey.
We're so grateful for all the support we've received over the years.
We already started to investigate it and I hope we can ship something in the next couple months.
This should be a good place to start: https://react.email/docs/components/tailwind
This issue is only affecting the Marketing Website and Dashboard.
The Email API is up and running normally.
More updates here: https://resend-status.com
There's a lot to unpack here, so maybe it's better to chat directly. Let me know if you ever want to give Resend a chance.
The more integrated it is with auth and analytics systems, the better and easier it will be to get started.
The whole unsubscribe flow is overlooked by most companies, and having a built-in drop solution for this would be awesome.
Shipping software, to me, is like a heartbeat.
You need to ship small improvements in a steady rhythm, but you also need the big spikes which represent the major releases. If you only ship minor things every week, people won't care. If you only ship one thing every year, people will forget. It's important to find a balance between both.
When it comes to quality, it's a matter of asking ourselves: "Are we proud of this?" There were two occasions when we discussed shipping this website sooner, but we decided to postpone it because it simply wasn't quite there yet. Sweating the details is more important than people think.