Continuing the journey to #ElixirConf EU on the AVE Internacional from Avignon to Madrid. #trains #renfe #spain #sustainability 🇫🇷🚄🇪🇸

Crossing three countries by train* to get to #ElixirConf EU in Málaga! 2700km in 2 days 🚄🌱 #elixirlang #trains #travel

This is a dark pattern if ever I've seen one. If you try to create a business page on LinkedIn, they force you to download their app and then want you to send a picture of your ID card to a Peter Thiel-backed verification service. This is not mentioned anywhere in their docs, btw.

Today I'm happy to announce v0.19.1 of Keila, the Open Source email newsletter tool. This version adds an Italian translation, support for authless SMTP, image resizing, editor performance improvements and many fixes. github.com/pentacent/ke... Check it out at keila.io 🚀 #buildinpublic #opensource

Excited to be hosting a track at ElixirConf EU in Málaga next week. The Elixir community is always so lovely and I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone again 😊 Plus there are going to be some exciting talks in my track! #elixirlang @elixirconf.bsky.social

I just used zizmor to improve the security of our GitHub actions pipeline: github.com/pentacent/ke... Thanks to Michael from @paraxialio.bsky.social for the tip in the most recent @thinkingelixir.com episode! #myelixirstatus

Curious to hear about other people's experience with proof-of-work captchas in this "Ask HN" post: What's your experience with PoW captchas against form spam? news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4773... #buildinpublic #saas #spam #opensource

Hey #buildinpublic + #saas people, what's your experience with "$your_product vs $competitor" kind of articles? I've just published my first one here: www.keila.io/open-source-...

Please don't waste the time of Open Source maintainers with AI slop. A user had suggested a new feature and after discussing it with me, created a PR. Almost at the same time, someone created some sort of slop drive-by PR for the same thing. 😵‍💫 Why do people do this? #opensource #ai #buildinpublic

I'm currently writing a comparison post between Keila and Mailchimp and it's kinda shocking how expensive they are ... or is Keila just too cheap? #buildinpublic #saas #emailmarketing #dev #pricing

Speed is such an important differentiator for small companies. Two hours ago, a user reported a rendering bug that occurred in some email clients. The fix is already online now. This could not have happened in a big org 🚀 github.com/pentacent/ke... #buildinpublic #opensource #emailmarketing #dev

I'm trying to get a better understanding where Keila users are coming from. So I'm adding the dreaded cookie pop-up to the website. I hope this is transparent and doesn't bother visitors too much. #buildinpublic #gdpr #privacy

I was talked into creating a LinkedIn account. Really not loving it so far. ("One minute a day increases your attention and concentration - notify me so I can try LinkedIn Mind Games") 😱

New status page 🥳 status.keila.io

The website is back online, deployed with @caddy.bsky.social for the first time (because I didn't feel like setting up certbot on a holiday 😅)

I've been a paying user of UptimeRobot for many years, but since their latest pricing increase it's no longer possible to post updates to the status page if you're not paying $45/month - which seems a bit excessive to me.

There's currently a disruption for the Keila Website. The Keila app is not affected.

@kulpinski.dev Just saw this as a referrer on the Keila website: opensource.zone/keila - is this an official Chinese version of openalternative.co or just a copycat? 😅

Mamma mia! Da oggi, Keila è disponibile in Italiano 🥳 🇮🇹 Thank you Henrik for the great work! #opensource #i18n #italy #buildinpublic

TIL: element.classList.toggle is a super performant way of toggling HTML classes. The previous string-based implementation in the Markdown email editor caused significant lags in Firefox: github.com/pentacent/ke... #webdev #development #js

It's really incredible how fast @josevalim.bsky.social reviews PRs for Elixir. 💜 Tiny documentation improvement for something that tripped me up the other day: github.com/elixir-lang/... #elixirlang #myelixirstatus

Please share: I'm currently looking for an artist to do illustrations for Keila (Open Source newsletter tool). I'm looking for a cute, minimal style of vector illustrations. Not looking for AI stuff 🙏 Attached image is an example of the style I'm looking for. #art #design #illustration #commission

LLMs usually work great for translations, but you shouldn't use them without QA, @signal.org The "at" in flag_at is not a preposition and should not be translated as "flagge_bei" and the "pt" in flag_pt is not an abbreviation for "point", so it should not be translated as "markierungspunkt" 😉

Image resizing is now live on Keila Cloud! Can't believe I didn't add this feature earlier 😅 #buildinpublic #opensource #uxdesign #emailmarketing

Coming later today to Keila: Adjusting image size and alignment in both the Block editor and the Markdown editor. #buildinpublic #opensource #emailmarketing

I'm currently considering switching from hCaptcha to altcha.org for Keila Cloud. Does anybody have real-world experience with large-scale Altcha deployments (bonus if with #Elixirlang)? #webdev #buildinpublic

Today I'm releasing v0.19 of Keila, the Open Source email newsletter tool. This adds welcome emails, better bot protection, new translations, and upgrades to Phoenix 1.7. You can give it a try at keila.io or set up a self-hosted instance. #opensource #selfhosting #elixirlang #buildinpublic

It's 1 am and I'm thinking about building a custom Oban scheduler with rate-limiting and ramp up for Keila ... #elixirlang

Small improvement to the Keila block editor: You can now change the alignment of text ▶️🔼⬅️ #buildinpublic #ux #uxdesign #opensource

I'm considering replacing the tabs (image 2) with an accordion in the Keila form editor (image 1). Any opinions? #uxdesign #design #buildinpublic

Protected confirmation links are coming to Keila! When a confirmation or unsubscribe link is clicked very shortly after the email is sent, the action is only taken after a short delay. This helps prevent bots/antivirus scanners from accidentally taking an action on the users' behalf. #buildinpublic

Shout out to @eduardo.gurgel.me who's the awesome maintainer of Solid, an Elixir implementation of the Liquid templating language that we use in Keila. I filed a bug report last night, submitted a PR - and he's already published a new release! #opensource #elixirlang github.com/edgurgel/sol...

Small UX improvement: I'm adding an "Open" button to the forms overview in Keila, saving you a few clicks if you want to test or share a form. #buildinpublic #opensource #uxdesign

Updating Keila to Phoenix 1.7 and LifeView 1.x was no small task - but I think it's worth it! github.com/pentacent/ke... The Phoenix 1.8 update will probably come together with a UI revamp - a good chance to migrate to the new view-less structure. #elixirlang #opensource #buildinpublic

Doing some work on subscription management for Keila Cloud today. Fixed a bug where cancellation links went missing (not an intentional dark pattern!), added a feature to let users know how long a cancelled subscription is still valid, and added an option to resubscribe. #buildinpublic #saas

Здравей - hello there! Keila, the Open Source newsletter tool, is now available in Bulgarian thanks to another wonderful volunteer contribution! #buildinpublic #opensource #i18n #translation #bulgaria #bulgarian

Hey @github.com, wouldn't it be nice if this popup showed how to check out a PR with vanilla git? In the current state, it feels like a bit of a dark pattern to me. #softwaredevelopment #git #github

What's going on here? Is this an AI bot gone wild? #bluesky #technology

Good morning - Jó reggelt! Keila is now available in Hungarian! Thank you to TrueQAP on GitHub for contributing this. 🇭🇺 #i18n #opensource #buildinpublic

Updating Gettext from 0.x to 1.0 isn't entirely trivial - because Keila has custom translation helpers for handling Markdown. Fortunately there's a great post by @whatyouhi.de - so if you've also been delaying the update, give it a read! andrealeopardi.com/posts/refact... #myelixirstatus #elixirlang

Now live on Keila Cloud: Configure welcome emails for your newsletter signup forms. A great way to offer free downloads or discount codes for new subscribers! Give it a try on keila.io 👀 #buildinpublic #emailmarketing #newsletter #opensource

Coming soon: Add welcome emails to your forms in Keila. This is great if you want to share private links with new subscribers - or just to say hi 👋 Of course, this works in conjunction with double opt-in: if it's enabled, the welcome email will be sent after the email confirmation. #buildinpublic

I'm happy to announce v0.18 of Keila, the Open Source email newsletter tool. This release adds smarter segments, public archive links, editor improvements, and many fixes. You can give it a try at keila.io or set up a self-hosted instance. #opensource #selfhosting #myelixirstatus

Keeping the menu fixed is a small but useful improvement to the MJML editor. Thank you, position: sticky. #css #buildinpublic #uxdesign #emailmarketing

Oh neat, Keila is listed on the EuroStack website 🥳🇪🇺: euro-stack.com/solutions/ke...

Currently considering adding a subscription-free option for keila.io. Maybe something like 2500 credits (valid for one year) for 35€. Mailchimp's smallest offer is 5000 credits for 170€. #buildinpublic

Happy new year - Frohes neues Jahr - Bonne année - and now also: Feliz año nuevo! Keila is now available in Spanish 🥳 🎆 Thank you to Pedro for submitting the PR! github.com/pentacent/ke... #opensource #buildinpublic #i18n

Feeling inspired by the annual new year's tradition of @tim.pritlove.org and already preparing my VAT filings for the last financial quarter of 2025. 🎆 🍾

Not loving that I'm getting this from #GitHub on my home network when accessing my own repository from a notification email. I'm not a scraper, I swear!

You can now directly link to the web version of your newsletter campaign in Keila like this 🧑‍💻 www.keila.io/docs/public-... #emailmarketing #buildinpublic #opensource #liquid