Quick Update on the Newsletter Issues
Hi,
Thank you to everyone who flagged the recent issues with the newsletter. It’s good to know people are reading and care enough to let me know when things break.
Here’s the deal: you may have noticed that we replaced your nice email full of embedded tweets with a list of raw URLs. The issue is with the code that Buttondown (the newsletter service that handles this list) has been failing to render Tweets.
I’ve been in touch with them and they’re actively looking into the problem. While they work on a fix, I’ve held off on sending out new issues to avoid sending more busted looking newsletters.
That said, I’m not just waiting. I’ve started building my own newsletter app to handle the rendering locally. This will cut out the middleman and give me more control over the process. It’s a longer-term project but the possibilities it opens up are exciting.
Thanks again for sticking with me through this disruption. I’ll keep you posted as things progress, and if you have any questions or feedback feel free to email.
Cheers,
—gq