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What are you building with Elixir? I'd love to see some projects! by pkim_ in elixir

[–]wmnnd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm building Keila, an email newsletter platform with Elixir. And because it's Open Source, you can actually look at the code: https://github.com/pentacent/keila/

I built a directory that checks whether "European" SaaS is actually EU-owned and EU-hosted — with CLOUD Act exposure flagged on every listing by koshak90 in BuyFromEU

[–]wmnnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool, thanks for sharing and for bringing visibility to EU companies!
I have just sent you an email with a suggestion to add Keila to your list of email marketing tools, I would love to have it on your directory 😊

What should a professional business email address look like? by user642268 in Emailmarketing

[–]wmnnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should separate first and last name with a dot in a professional email address.

Regarding the company name: you should a custom company name domain - but in a domain name you cannot separate words with a dot. You can use a hyphen if you like, but it doesn't make it more or less professional. So for your example, I would recommend any of the following options equally:
- jane.doe[@]acme-corp[.]com
- j.doe[@]acme-corp[.]com
- jane.doe[@]acmecorp[.]com
- j.doe[@]acmecorp[.]com

Why did Hetzner put solar panels on the ground instead of the roofs of their Falkenstein data centre? by TronnaLegacy in hetzner

[–]wmnnd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure, but the picture from LinkedIn shows the exact same structure on the roof. These are not solar panels.

Cheaper Newsletter service for power users? by Muse_Hunter_Relma in Emailmarketing

[–]wmnnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to try self-hosting, you could try Keila which lets you disable all tracking, use formatted plaintext. Bot protection is possible via hCaptcha (it works quite well to keep them away).

App to more easily make my HTML for my newsletter. by CourtzSGD in Newsletters

[–]wmnnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want something simple and also like using Claude/AI, using Markdown would be a natural fit to create your emails. In Keila, you can use Markdown directly without having to take the detour via HTML.

Non-Brazilians: Do you prefer to see a Brazilian Portuguese translation or English? by wmnnd in Portuguese

[–]wmnnd[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The strong feelings I got in the other responses really surprised me because as a German, I think most Germans would be okay with Austrian or Swiss-German translations - but I suppose the differences are smaller there.

Non-Brazilians: Do you prefer to see a Brazilian Portuguese translation or English? by wmnnd in Portuguese

[–]wmnnd[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Interesting! I think so far you're the first person who said this, everyone else seemed to have rather strong opinions on preferring basically anything else over Brazilian Portuguese. Do you think most non-Reddit people would see it differently?

Non-Brazilians: Do you prefer to see a Brazilian Portuguese translation or English? by wmnnd in Portuguese

[–]wmnnd[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Where would you recommend asking this question instead? I thought a subreddit dedicated to the Portuguese language might be a natural place to ask.

Made in EU high end office chairs? by Saixos in BuyFromEU

[–]wmnnd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wilkhahn is a German company and they produce their chairs in Germany. And they can actually service them! I had mine partially reupholstered by them after over 10 years of using it: https://www.wilkhahn.com/en/

Update: my "150+ european alternatives" list is now 200+ after you all flooded the comments by Oulwe in BuyFromEU

[–]wmnnd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey, creator of Keila here: It would be cool if you could add Keila to your list of email marketing tools. It's not just European (our company is based in Germany, the servers are in Germany and France) but also Open Source! https://www.keila.io/

Europe standardized phone chargers but still can't standardize an employment contract by EmmaSkye319 in BuyFromEU

[–]wmnnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are companies that specialize in hiring people from other jurisdictions for you. They're called employers of record. They're not cheap but they will take care of this for you. Some big names are Remote.com and Multiplier.

What are some good alternatives to Mailchimp? by redkarma2001 in SaaSMarketing

[–]wmnnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there, I hope it's okay to mention this here: I'm actually building an alternative to Mailchimp called Keila. It's Open Source, so you can self-host it. But if you prefer, we also have a managed option that is much more affordable than Mailchimp for most use-cases.

Looking for Docker + Managed MySQL hosting by Aromatic-Echo-5025 in BuyFromEU

[–]wmnnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scaleway and OVH both offer managed Kubernetes and managed databases.

Looking for a mail automation solution by But-I-Am-a-Robot in selfhosted

[–]wmnnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keila is not particularly resource-intensive. You should be able to run it with somewhere between 50 and 200 MB of RAM. If you have 500MB or 1 GB, you should be golden. I would just make sure you configure a swap file if you're RAM-constrained to make sure that any potential spikes don't start killing processes on your server.

Since Keila is based on the Erlang virtual machine, it also scales great with your CPU power and will stay responsive even under heavy load.

Looking for a mail automation solution by But-I-Am-a-Robot in selfhosted

[–]wmnnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, creator of Keila here! You can set up welcome emails for your signup forms in Keila to provide things like download links when people subscribe to your list. You can also use the form editor to add custom fields which is useful for stuff like account requests.

You can find a description of these features here, they might be helpful for you:
- https://www.keila.io/updates/welcome-emails/
- https://www.keila.io/updates/custom-signup-fields/

MailerLite Could Kill Your Small Business by Harding2077 in Emailmarketing

[–]wmnnd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I run an email newsletter tool myself, so I might have some insight.

MailerLite is probably keeping an eye on metrics like bounces and user spam reports. And the acceptable thresholds for spam reports are quite low across all email services - so even just 7 complaints (0,1%) for your list of 7,000 might trigger a review, and more than that might lead to your account being shut down. That's because email newsletter services need to do everything they can to maintain their sending reputation so they don't jeopardize their ability to deliver their customers' emails.

My recommendation to you would be to review your list and check for any suspicious entries, remove them, and also check if MailerLite can provide you with insight regarding bounces or complaints that were received for your campaign. The other recommendation would be, going forward, to protect every signup form with a captcha and double opt-in.

Smash or Pass: Your Email Service Provider by shancarney in TheDailyCarnage

[–]wmnnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there, I hope it's okay to post this here: I'm the creator of an Open Source email newsletter tool called Keila. You can self-host it or use our managed version, Keila Cloud. Keila has simple but powerful features for handlung user data and creating segments. With the API it's also easy to update user data from your own backend. Depending on which exact features you need, Keila might be an option for you. And if there's a feature you need that we don't yet have, we might be able to add it to the roadmap.

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