Updates from June
A dynamic link to your most recent newsletter issue Your latest updates, right on your signup page There’s a split second between when someone lands on your...
New API changes for Buttondown
We've added a new publish endpoint , which makes it easier to send emails with the API. Previously, publishing emails required manually updating the and with...
An improved way to manage visibility of archived emails
We've published a new blog post: > A clearer hierarchy for archive settings, per-email overrides, and content-level paywalls. Read it here!
Google Reader was building the wrong future
We've published a new blog post: > The app that taught us to directly follow our favorite creators. Read it here!
The series of tubes filled with enormous amounts of mail, beneath our feet
We've published a new blog post: > Email can learn a lot from the rise, fall, and quiet continuation of pneumatic tubes. Read it here!
Attach files to your Inbox replies
We've published a new blog post: > Send PDFs, images, and other files when you reply to a subscriber from your Inbox. Read it here!
New API changes for Buttondown
We've moved the events API onto Buttondown's unified event store — the same source of truth that powers webhooks and our other event sources. An event you...
Even more tweaks to inbound and replies
We've published a new blog post: > Three clear paths for custom sending domains, each with consistent, predictable reply behavior. Read it here!
A one-click link to your latest issue
We've published a new blog post: > The Modern theme's subscribe page now links straight to your most recent issue. Read it here!
Lotus Notes and the dangers of starting from scratch
We've published a new blog post: > You either loved it, or were using it wrong. Read it here!
Public postmortem: manually adding subscribers failed
We've published a new blog post: > Our public postmortem for the incident on June 14th–15th, 2026. Read it here!
Public postmortem: app downtime
We've published a new blog post: > Our public postmortem for the incident on June 11th. Read it here!
A two-column archive index for the Modern theme
We've published a new blog post: > Lay your Modern archive out as a grid instead of a single tall column. Read it here!
Public postmortem: Broken images
We've published a new blog post: > Our public postmortem for the incident on June 10th, 2026. Read it here!
Updates from May
Automations: even nicer now! We rebuilt Buttondown's automation tool this month to make it easier and faster. There’s a lot of new (and nice) stuff, but the...
Being weirder than AI is practicable and valuable
We've published a new blog post: > 'Everything I know about the internet in 2026 I learned from barefoot Martians and their handmade guitars.' Read it here!
New API changes for Buttondown
Stricter validation on automations, survey responses, and notes We've tightened input validation on a few write endpoints. Requests that send unexpected...
Annihilating both time and space: What the telegraph gave email
We've published a new blog post: > The future was telegraphed. Read it here!
Surveys in transactional emails
We've published a new blog post: > Surveys now render and record responses in your transactional emails, like your welcome email. Read it here!
Public postmortem: custom domain tracking links unavailable and delayed analytics
We've published a new blog post: > Our public postmortem for the incident on June 1st, 2026. Read it here!
