Very kind of Mattias to share his process in such detail. I'm doing similar experiments at the moment with a wristwatch-focused newsletter, which is still tiny but requires minimal effort from me - usually just running a command once a week. My flow is:
1. A python script checks the RSS feeds of a handful of relevant blogs and pulls in any new posts.
2. The script checks a couple of relevant subreddits and pulls in the top discussions.
3. The script combines the posts/discussions and sends them to a handlebars template.
4. The result is then sent to the SendGrid API to send out to subscribers (although I send a test version to myself first, just in case).
There's no commentary in the newsletter which would be nice to have, but my priority is on establishing a quick and simple process that works – fancy stuff can be added later if I feel like it. SendGrid allows me to disable link-click tracking within the newsletter, and also handles subscribing/unsubscribing through an embedded iframe[0] so that's another thing I don't have to worry about.
Hi, the newsletter looks great.
I have a similar thing, just that I use a pip package - markdown to create the html
There is also [Dominate](https://pypi.org/project/dominate/) incase you want to edit the finer details.
I quite enjoyed using it since it deals with the tags by using a context manager which makes code look clean especially when you need to generate lists with li tags (which is what most of the newsletter is)
I actually have a different question for you:
Once, you're all set and done with the tech and it works flawlessly,
How exactly do you go about marketing and making your newsletter known?
Currently I have my friends and family on it but that's about it. I have posted it on twitter once but that got me only about 3 new subscribers.
This is where I am stuck at the moment. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Too bad Mattias has paused his newsletter. It had great content- like short weekly summary of hacker news with most important stuff. Are there any similar newsletters around?
[+] [-] tagawa|4 years ago|reply
1. A python script checks the RSS feeds of a handful of relevant blogs and pulls in any new posts.
2. The script checks a couple of relevant subreddits and pulls in the top discussions.
3. The script combines the posts/discussions and sends them to a handlebars template.
4. The result is then sent to the SendGrid API to send out to subscribers (although I send a test version to myself first, just in case).
There's no commentary in the newsletter which would be nice to have, but my priority is on establishing a quick and simple process that works – fancy stuff can be added later if I feel like it. SendGrid allows me to disable link-click tracking within the newsletter, and also handles subscribing/unsubscribing through an embedded iframe[0] so that's another thing I don't have to worry about.
[0] https://mizeni.com/newsletter
[+] [-] nyxf|4 years ago|reply
I actually have a different question for you: Once, you're all set and done with the tech and it works flawlessly, How exactly do you go about marketing and making your newsletter known? Currently I have my friends and family on it but that's about it. I have posted it on twitter once but that got me only about 3 new subscribers.
This is where I am stuck at the moment. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
[+] [-] teitoklien|4 years ago|reply
Your newsletter has a seiko monopoly
;-;
This made me wonder tho, if there is a newsletter for watch movements.
[+] [-] malinens|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] asicsp|4 years ago|reply
https://bengtan.com/interesting-things/ "interesting stories and links from technology; adjacent fields such as indie business, science, and productivity"
I have one too (https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/learnbyexample-weekly) - resources and tools on Python, Linux, Regex, Vim, etc.
[+] [-] carlchenet|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] manceraio|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] NicoJuicy|4 years ago|reply
S20 currently.
[+] [-] unknown|4 years ago|reply
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