The Final Mile: What It Takes to Ship a Serverless Email Beta
Documenting the gritty reality of polishing a product for public consumption.

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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