Not that I assume I'll get anywhere near these numbers, but Mailchimp looks really expensive really quickly. What are folks using to capture and send emails for your personal blogs?

I'm interested in how people get started, and the growth of their companies.

Before launch, to find bugs or validate wording. Have you tried www.betabound.com or other communities? The first customers could be difficult to acquire. Do you think they should be beta testers?

I guess I can go with Stripe but I will like to minimize my fees. Also, most Indians (95%) don't have credit cards so I am not sure about going with Stripe. Razorpay requires a business registration which I don't have right now. UPDATE - Stripe doesn't work for Indian businesses.

We just pushed a code update that drastically speeds up echothread.com pages with lots of content. Pages were starting to get unacceptably slow as you added content and this new code push changes the way we output content. Enjoy the speed!

I'm thinking about buying a Shopify plugin, theme or store that's already making money. Has anyone here done that? Do you suggest it? I am good at building products but not marketing, so I was thinking this would be a good jumpstart to get product market fit.

Like the first payment you received or service/software you sold? Bet we all have different stories. :)

As of today, June 4 2018, CSS Grid is supported by 84.9% browsers of global usage unprefixed. Did you switch completely to CSS Grid or use CSS Grid with Flexbox as a fallback?

Hey guys, doing some user research. Does any of you use products like Headway or Beamer to announce new features/updates/changelog/etc? What do you like like/dislike about them? What do you think could be 5X better?