Email.md
Productivity
email authoring
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How HN took it
12 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 12 critical, out of 45 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 6 for, 10 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy to author content in Markdown, good for LLM workflows.
From 2 comments
Nice. The LLM authoring angle is underappreciated — getting an AI to write valid MJML is painful, but Markdown is trivial. One thing I'd love: a CLI mode so I can pipe it into…
comchangs on HNThey address this in the docs - it is meant to make authoring the content easier for LLMs since that is easy for them to write. It still uses MJML for the actual templates, but…
seer on HN
Transparent about using MJML under the hood rather than adding abstraction.
From 1 comment
I like how you aren't hiding the fact this is MJML under the hood and don't layer complex abstractions over MJML spec like similar projects (cough react email cough). The devs…
pembrook on HN
Objections
Adds another abstraction layer on top of MJML.
From 1 comment
Anything that makes email development easier is great I guess, but have personally found MJML great for solving the issues you'd run into, and not sure I want yet another…
safehuss on HN
HTML email is unnecessary; plain text or Markdown mail would be better.
From 2 comments
Or, hear me out. Just send the markdown and skip the HTML bullshit. Any mail client will render markdown fine and the ones that don't either aren't worth using or don't want HTML…
mghackerlady on HNI wish people just sent plain text.
koakuma-chan on HN
Unclear who the audience is since agents can write HTML directly.
From 1 comment
I'm not exactly following as to who this is for - people are going to use email templates instead of writing Markdown emails, and agents can just as easily spit out HTML. Seems…
razvan_maftei on HN
Requests
Cloudflare Workers support.
From 1 comment
Would love to use this - any plans for Cloudflare Workers support? Some of the node APIs you're using block it from working on Cloudflare right now.
runtype on HN
A CLI mode for piping into notification hooks.
From 1 comment
Nice. The LLM authoring angle is underappreciated — getting an AI to write valid MJML is painful, but Markdown is trivial. One thing I'd love: a CLI mode so I can pipe it into…
comchangs on HN
Questions
How nested lists are handled and whether rendering degrades gracefully.
From 1 comment
Nice. Markdown-to-email is one of those things that sounds simple until you actually try it and Outlook destroys everything. Curious how you're handling nested lists — that's…
lexro_ai on HN
Whether the Markdown syntax for components is custom or an existing extension.
From 1 comment
I'm never seen the `::: header` or `{width="200"}` kind of syntax before. Is this custom or Frankenstein solution? Or is there some kind of…
bpev on HN
Alternatives named
MJML
From 1 comment
Anything that makes email development easier is great I guess, but have personally found MJML great for solving the issues you'd run into, and not sure I want yet another…
safehuss on HN
React Email
From 1 comment
What’s your opinion on react email?
r1290 on HN