#ElixirLang people: Which option do you prefer? 🟣 if not is_nil(entity) 🟢 if entity 🔴 I don't use if #myelixirstatus

Here is a neat little trick when you need to test a verification flow in #PhoenixFramework: gist.github.com/wmnnd/cb80d4... It's a common pattern to pass a URL generator to a context function. But you can pass a function that captures the token with an Agent instead. #elixirlang #myelixirstatus

Currently working on making life easier for people who don't have their own domain. Does this messaging seem clear and helpful? #buildinpublic #ux #uxdesign

Available now on Keila Cloud: Segments based on campaign interactions. This allows you to target contacts who have (or have not) interacted with your previous campaigns. #buildinpublic #emailmarketing #newsletter #opensource www.keila.io/updates/inte...

Coming soon to Keila: Filtering contacts by whether they have been sent, have opened or clicked a campaign. #buildinpublic #emailmarketing

If you've just hit "Send" on an email newsletter, what would you expect a "Cancel" button to do? What would you expect to happen if some emails have already gone out? Any feedback is appreciated 😊 github.com/pentacent/ke... #buildinpublic #opensource #ux

In #ElixirLang you can simply write :timer.hours(2) instead of 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000 #til #myelixirstatus

Who else keeps getting fake vulnerability reports paired with extortion attempts in their inbox? This is really annoying because obviously I would be very interested if there was an actual vulnerability in one of my projects. #spam #security #buildinpublic #indiehackers

If you want to get the same report for your GA4 and GSC properties, WebTrafficWatch is free and setting it up takes only a few seconds. www.producthunt.com/products/web...

Do things that don't scale: A Keila customer called me while I was at the gym. Normally, I wouldn't have been back at work for at least 1.5 hours. Instead, I ran home, activated their account, and then returned to the gym. Extra workout, happy customer. Win-win. #buildinpublic #indiehackers 💪

Does anyone have experience in reporting fraud to banks? I tried to report an account being used for a scam to Santander Portugal but their phone support said only customers can report fraud and their online chat is broken.

www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/14/m... I shared this article from @pinknews.bsky.social on Hacker News and it reached the front page within a few minutes. A few minutes later, it was "flagged" and hidden from the front page without explanation. #hackernews #ai #lgbtq #meta #zuckerberg

Here's a cool new little feature for Keila: The success redirect URL from signup forms can now include Liquid tags. This means you could now redirect to example.com/$contact_email to show a personalized message! #emailmarketing #buildinpublic

Currency devaluation in action: Back in January, 8 USD was worth about 8 EUR. The Dollar has since fallen so far that $8 now equals only €6.90. Unfortunately this means I have to raise the USD prices for new Keila XS subscriptions from $8 to $9.50. #buildinpublic #inflation #currency

TIL: Safari hides SVGs in Flexbox containers if they don't have an explicit width attribute. This seems like a bug to me. svg {width: 100%} should fix the issue and hopefully not cause unexpectedly large images elsewhere🤞. #webdev #css #buildinpublic #webkit github.com/pentacent/ke...

Another small bugfix: When an existing contact submits a form with double opt-in, they actually receive the confirmation email now: github.com/pentacent/ke... #buildinpublic #opensource #bug

Small but powerful quality of life improvement suggested by @lislegaard.bsky.social and now live on Keila Cloud: When you create a new campaign, the settings from your latest previous campaign are automatically used as the default. github.com/pentacent/ke... #buildinpublic #opensource

Don't forget: Once you get an @letsencrypt.bsky.social cert for your domain, it's public. This is mere seconds after I deployed an app for the first time on a previously unused domain. #selfhosting #security

Hey #elixirlang people, how do you usually structure code with Oban workers for async processing? ⚙️ #myelixirstatus

Sometimes, a UI doesn't feel right because it's too fast. The solution: Just slow it down a bit. #uxdesign #ui #screenshotsaturday #buildinpublic #indiedev

Everything up and running again 😅

Looking at the bright side: At least as an #indiehacker I'm sufficiently agile so that I can add a banner like this when it suddenly becomes necessary. #buildinpublic 😑

There's currently an interruption in the Send with Keila service on Keila Cloud. You can also follow this issue on our status page: status.keila.io

Working on simplifying the Sender form (while also working on a big update for Send with Keila on Keila Cloud). I found that a lot of users filled out the reply-to fields even though they aren't really necessary. So I think I'll hide them in an expandable element now. #buildinpublic #uxdesign

Hey fellow #ElixirLang people: Are you using Dev Containers for working with Elixir? Are you all using the elixir image as the base? #vscode #buildinpublic

The new social icons feature for our email editor is now live. Moving on to bigger changes - coming soon: automations! ⛰️ #buildinpublic #opensource #emailmarketing

Coming soon: A new social media icons block for the newsletter block editor in keila.io. Let me know if you have any suggestions or questions before I release it next week! #buildinpublic #socialmedia #indiehackers #opensource #floss #emailmarketing #uxdesign

Hey #indiehackers and #buildinpublic folks, what are you doing to stop spammers and scammers from abusing your SaaS? A paywall alone isn't enough for Keila - we had ten fraudulent accounts just last week! I've cancelled and refunded all of them because they're probably using stolen payment info.

Coming soon: After sending a campaign in Keila you'll be able to review it again 👀 #buildinpublic #emailmarketing #opensource #ui #uxdesign

Hey, my Spanish-speaking friends! I want to make Keila more accessible to folks from around the world. So I've tried creating a Spanish version of the Keila website with an LLM. Does this sound about right? #i18n #translation #spanish #espanol #OpenSource

Public newsletter archives for Keila (publishing your newsletter as a website) have long been requested by users and I'm currently working on adding them 🧑‍💻 #buildinpublic #emailmarketing #opensource #floss

I got some amazing feedback on /r/web_design for the design I shared earlier. So here's an updated version that I'll probably use in other places of Keila as well. ✅ Easy to understand ✅ Keyboard-friendly ✅ Colorblind-friendly #ui #uxdesign #frontend #a11y #design #buildinpublic #reddit

The peer class properties in Tailwind are really useful for creating custom UIs on top of radio inputs. Currently building a new assistant for creating Senders in Keila Cloud. #buildinpublic #uidesign #uxdesign #tailwindcss

PHP scripts are the Bash scripts of servers, aren’t they? As much as I love #Elixirlang, I’ve recently found myself building PHP scripts again for simple single-task server scripts.

Working on this feature for Keila Cloud has taken so much longer than I expected. But it’s finally almost ready 🤞 #buildinpublic #emailmarketing

The text color tool is now live on Keila Cloud! 🎨 I think I fixed most of the issues. Let me know if I missed anything!

I’ve been working on a tool for changing text color in the Keila block editor over the past couple of days. It’s mostly working fine but sometimes glitches under certain conditions. Fixing those edge-cases might require a massive amount of work. Should I release it anyways? 🙀 #buildinpublic

I’m currently working on some big behind-the-scenes stuff (including an effort regarding #BuyFromEU), but in between there’s always time for working on feature requests from users. 🎨 #buildinpublic #opensource #uxdesign #emailmarketing

Bikeshedding over minor details: What are fun/quirky placeholder values for name fields? How about a Finnish-inspired name (Sanna Elefantti) because Keila’s mascot is an elephant who likes vacationing at the Finnish lakes? Any other fun ideas? #buildinpublic #uxdesign #uidesign

#Elixirlang people, what are you using for displaying localized lists of countries and building international address forms in your Phoenix apps? #MyElixirStatus

Spammers and scammers seem to be constantly surprised that all new Keila subscriptions are manually reviewed. Turns out: #Meta isn’t using an 8€/month plan to send support emails. 🙄 I deleted and refunded the account before they managed to send a single email. #buildinpublic #cybersecurity #spam

Let’s start the week by celebrating small milestones. Keila now has 100 forks on GitHub 🍴🍰 github.com/pentacent/ke... #opensource #buildinpublic #myelixirstatus

Phoenix 1.18 is adding support for daisyui.com. I wonder if it’d be a good fit for Keila as well. Spruce up the UI a bit, simplify the markup, and finally add support for light mode. Do any of you have thoughts on daisyUI? #daisyUI #MyElixirStatus #elixirlang #phoenixframework #ui #uxdesign

Oh, how long could changing one line of code possibly take? A minute? Maybe ten? Surely not over six hours! 😇 #javascript #development #opensource

Version 0.17.0 of the Open Source email newsletter platform Keila is out now! github.com/pentacent/ke... #opensource #buildinpublic #indiedev #emailmarketing

Keila now has a public roadmap page at keila.io/roadmap! #buildinpublic #OpenSource #indiedev

Moderation or user flagging is creating a strange echo chamber on #Hackernews. I shared @european-alternatives.eu’s post about their massive traffic increase - end even though it got 50 upvotes in an hour, it was only on the front page for a couple of minutes. #buyfromeu #socialmedia #indiehackers

The growth @european-alternatives.eu has seen over the past couple of weeks is remarkable but not surprising. mastodon.social/@european_al...

Getting real user feedback is so valuable! Recently, several people got thrown off by the fact that the example for a custom data field in our docs is "tags" - probably because other tools use that term like we use "data". Changing the docs is an easy fix! 💪 #buildinpublic #dx #api #OpenSource

Small quality of life update: The improved preview experience is now available for all campaign types, including the Block Editor and Markdown campaigns. #buildinpublic #emailmarketing #uxdesign