Joe, you deserve all of this. I deeply appreciate the outstanding work you've done. Your business will only get better and better. Looking forward to your 2026.
Hey, Joe! Great story. Effectively communicated a feeling of butterflies with each notification. _And_ you got to watch the number in your bank account increase. I think I'd have taken Daisy for a dance around the block, instead of a walk.
Since you asked (and thank you for asking!) I have been working on something for the past year. An email client I loved went out of business and I've been working to fill the Newton shaped hole in my heart. It's my first time adding analytics beyond just counting the number of signups in postgres and, oh man, the feeling I get looking at these graphs in PostHog feels so nice each morning. It's still totally free. And signups are currently busted pending a resolution from a human over at google. It's been breaking my heart to not post links around the internet to it because I know people will get stopped right at the front door! Though I actually have gotten some people to funnel into the discord that I made, actually waiting for an update (the signups are fixed).
Oh man, I think I remember Newton! I just did some digging and folks were apparently all worked up over it costing $50 per year. I wonder how that would fare today, with HEY costing almost twice that.
I hope you get the issue with Google straightened out!
Nice! I want to move away from hourly to fixed priced projects, hopefully around Hotwire Native. And have another try at getting my own SaaS off the ground.
It’s so great to see you rewarded for all the work you’ve put in. Without your products and inspiration, I wouldn’t have apps on iOS and Android.
That's awesome to hear!! Thanks for sharing Chris.
Joe, you deserve all of this. I deeply appreciate the outstanding work you've done. Your business will only get better and better. Looking forward to your 2026.
Thanks so much!! I appreciate it :D
Nice work, and congrats!
congrats Joe! and +1 on Stripe notifs hitting different than client invoices.
Hey, Joe! Great story. Effectively communicated a feeling of butterflies with each notification. _And_ you got to watch the number in your bank account increase. I think I'd have taken Daisy for a dance around the block, instead of a walk.
Since you asked (and thank you for asking!) I have been working on something for the past year. An email client I loved went out of business and I've been working to fill the Newton shaped hole in my heart. It's my first time adding analytics beyond just counting the number of signups in postgres and, oh man, the feeling I get looking at these graphs in PostHog feels so nice each morning. It's still totally free. And signups are currently busted pending a resolution from a human over at google. It's been breaking my heart to not post links around the internet to it because I know people will get stopped right at the front door! Though I actually have gotten some people to funnel into the discord that I made, actually waiting for an update (the signups are fixed).
https://emmaemail.app/
Oh man, I think I remember Newton! I just did some digging and folks were apparently all worked up over it costing $50 per year. I wonder how that would fare today, with HEY costing almost twice that.
I hope you get the issue with Google straightened out!
Nice! I want to move away from hourly to fixed priced projects, hopefully around Hotwire Native. And have another try at getting my own SaaS off the ground.
We all dream of SaaS, right? I've been kicking around an idea for something in this space as well, just not sure how well I can execute on it.