Topic
Notifications Landscape
72 articles
The state of the notification market: provider comparisons, what sending costs at scale, and where the platforms are heading.
The Sub-prime Crisis of Notifications
There is a direct connection between all the unnecessary notifications you get on your phone and the sub-prime financial crisis of 2008: lack of accountability for bad behavior.
Build vs Buy: The “to be or not to be” of Tech
In her talk, Nallapeta described the “7 C’s” she considers when making this decision between build vs buy and shared her experience in implementing this process while developing Apartment List.
3 Types of User Communication APIs and When to Use Them
App-to-user, brand-to-user, and user-to-user APIs each handle a different job. What each one does, which team owns it, and when your app needs it.
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.