The Final Mile: What It Takes to Ship a Serverless Email Beta

April 15, 2026 Reading time: 1 min Development

Documenting the gritty reality of polishing a product for public consumption.

The Final Mile: What It Takes to Ship a Serverless Email Beta

The Final Mile: What It Takes to Ship a Serverless Email Beta

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Status Update

  • We are almost there. The core is routing emails, the search is blazing fast.
  • But 90% done means 90% left to go.

Current Blockers & Challenges

  • Building the Webmail MVP: It’s not just displaying data; we need to handle optimistic UI updates for JMAP properly.
  • License Enforcement Edge Cases: Ensuring the 1-user limit doesn’t accidentally block legitimate bounces or system emails.
  • CDK Automation: Making the CloudFormation deployment a truly frictionless 1-click experience for the end user.

Next Steps

  • What our sprint for the next two weeks looks like.
  • Teasing the upcoming beta launch.

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