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Re:Twilio to Acquire Sendgrid by SargeZT on Monday October 15, 2018 @08:18PM (#18225332)
UX is huge. Sendgrid is absurdly easy to use, and at least 3 years ago, SES was an impenetrable mass to me. I got my company up and running on Sendgrid in like 20 minutes.

Maybe it's easier nowadays, but at least a few years ago it was a night and day difference.

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Re:Twilio to Acquire Sendgrid by village-idiot on Monday October 15, 2018 @08:43PM (#18225465)
Using it today, still complete garbage UX wise.

My least favorite aspect is that the API always claims a success even if that address is in the global blocklist, the only way to learn about bounce backs is to subscribe via SNS.

Also the UI is effectively useless.

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Re:Twilio to Acquire Sendgrid by racl101 on Monday October 15, 2018 @08:19PM (#18225341)
> SES was an impenetrable mass to me

AWS UX in general is kind of a mess. Vast in its services, no doubt, but just messy.

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