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Re:Show HN: Candymail – Email Automation for Node.js by sssaini on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:57PM (#25588300)
I share your concern completely. This is just something hacked together over a christmas weekend. The points you mentioned definitely need to be addressed before this library can even be called production-ready.

Though I would push back on the notion that because the problem is big and big players already do the job, why even try. There's a huge number of indie hackers, bootstrappers with small projects that can definitely benefit from an open source solution like this than have to pay $30/month.

I have already tabulated the items needed to make this a quality package and not just another hacky js library. I would invite you to keep track of the project and keep us honest :)

Re:Show HN: Candymail – Email Automation for Node.js by chrismeller on Saturday January 02, 2021 @12:18PM (#25614331)
I disagree that anyone needs to spend $30/m on it. Sendgrid offers 100/day for free. I think all of the groups you just mentioned would fit well into that category.