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SendGrid Outbound - Building SaaS #169

Aug. 24, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we took another step closer to deploying the service online. The primary goal was to make sure that email sending works. I spent a lot of time explaining email configuration and showing exactly how to wire up SendGrid to Cloudflare to do Domain Authentication that permits email sending from the service’s domain (journeyinbox.com).

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Deployment Checklist - Building SaaS with Python and Django #168

Aug. 17, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I added the deployment checklist and improved the security of the app. Then we moved to work to set up the database to use DATABASE_URL and prepare to use Postgres.

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Deployment Checklist - Building SaaS #168

Aug. 17, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I added the deployment checklist and improved the security of the app. Then we moved to work to set up the database to use DATABASE_URL and prepare to use Postgres.

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Launch Preparation - Building SaaS with Python and Django #167

Aug. 3, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I started working through the set of issues that I previously identified as necessary to complete before launching the service on Heroku. We add history tracking, soft deletion for the user model, and integration with SendGrid.

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Launch Preparation - Building SaaS #167

Aug. 3, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I started working through the set of issues that I previously identified as necessary to complete before launching the service on Heroku. We add history tracking, soft deletion for the user model, and integration with SendGrid.

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Sentry Setup - Building SaaS with Python and Django #166

July 27, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I finished the email sending job, then determined which issues will be needed before launching the product. Once we crafted the short list, I added an integration with Sentry.

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Sentry Setup - Building SaaS #166

July 27, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I finished the email sending job, then determined which issues will be needed before launching the product. Once we crafted the short list, I added an integration with Sentry.

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Email Templates - Building SaaS with Python and Django #165

July 20, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we added the prompt email that will be the primary way of connecting to users for our email-based journaling service. I spent a fair amount of time thinking about copy writing to craft a compelling email that will resonate with users. Also, I made a bunch of silly mistakes and to keep correcting myself, so this is a good example of programming humility too.

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Email Templates - Building SaaS #165

July 20, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we added the prompt email that will be the primary way of connecting to users for our email-based journaling service. I spent a fair amount of time thinking about copy writing to craft a compelling email that will resonate with users. Also, I made a bunch of silly mistakes and to keep correcting myself, so this is a good example of programming humility too.

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Accounts and Email - Building SaaS with Python and Django #164

June 29, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I planned to do the work of sending email prompts for the journal to users. Along the path, we realized that the Account model was missing, so I stopped to build that out before we could proceed. By the end of the stream, we had a working background job that would send email and was 100% unit tested.

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