Notifications Landscape

Why Student Engineers Should Buy Into the Hype Around Serverless

Serverless architecture is relatively new, yet many startup developers prefer building their foundation on with a Serverless framework. But what's with the hype? What makes developers trust Serverless to the point that companies are willing to spend their resources to rewire their entire backend infrastructure to host their products on platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure?

How to Use Notifications to Build a Game in 36 Hours

Matt Gaber, a recent grad from UMD, built a game using Courier at the 2021 Bitcamp Hackathon. Let's dive into how he got the idea for Package person, how he built it with Courier as a part of his suite of tools, and his reflections on the project.

From MVP to Production Ready With Serverless

In this post, we explore how we use Serverless at Courier, review some Serverless basics, and explore how Serverless has empowered our team to accomplish more with less.

Best of Courier at Hackabull 2021: Speed Friender

After attending our workshop at Hackabull 2021 on setting up an application with Twitch, Discord, and Courier, two UVA students applied the knowledge by building Speed Friender.

Transactional Email Templates: What Makes Them Effective Plus Six Examples to Learn From

Transactional emails have higher engagement rates than traditional marketing emails and most recipients find them to be the most valuable type of message in their inbox. Here, we explore what makes a great transactional email and offer a few examples.

Your In-depth Guide to Email Notification Services

Building an email notification system is like an iceberg: It looks small and manageable, but there is a lot of nastiness hidden under the water. Thankfully, with the right approach and tools, it can be relatively painless to quickly create a scalable email notification service.

How Top Fintech Startups Engage Users

Observations from interviews with over 50 Fintech CTOs, VPEs, CPOs, and managers on notifications.