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How I write and curate the cron.weekly newsletter (ma.ttias.be)
37 points by Mojah on May 1, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments


I'm subbed to too many newsletters currently, and this is pretty much the only one I always read 100% of the way through.

There's something about it, the way it gives me the link to the thing first, the short summary with the occasional personal comment. It's just right.

Good job, Mattias!


This and devop-ish are the only ones I usually read 80+% every week.


Thanks, much appreciated!


Thanks for pulling back the curtain! BTW, I love the McAfee Shillbot you made. Has this been a productive strategy?

https://github.com/mattiasgeniar/McAfee-Shill-Bot


This is one of the few newsletters I subscribe to, interesting to see how it's done!


Thanks!


Is there a reason the link to Mailcoach contains google analytics campaign info? Sponsorship?


Author here: definitely not a sponsorship, I’m not getting paid in any way. I _am_ however curious to see what this might do in terms of clicks, hence the parameters.


Coolio, thank you for the response. How _did_ it go?




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