> Canonical URL: https://codingcat.dev/podcast/1-27-producing-newsletters-with-buttondown

# Producing Newsletters with Buttondown

![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zyyrwCV5oGg/sddefault.jpg)[![Alex Patterson](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hfh83o0w/production/a606dfaa381aab08ddbe16a33fe1d3e1fb37c927-400x400.jpg?w=48&h=48&fit=max&auto=format)Alex Patterson](/author/alex-patterson)[![Justin Duke](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hfh83o0w/production/fb22051cf3cd28e4273f93307a3154a1c12c8bb0-399x399.jpg?w=48&h=48&fit=max&auto=format)Justin Duke](/guest/justin-duke)June 23, 2021

## Listening Options

[Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/27SydrPSZEZW0HvYfqkp5Z)[Apple](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-27-producing-newsletters-with-buttondown/id1491655542?i=1000526615401)[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyyrwCV5oGg)[Pocket Casts](https://pca.st/episode/218331bd-3d9b-42f6-bb24-ba74f4bc6868)[Castbox](https://castbox.fm/episode/id2508485-id395370814)[Castro](https://castro.fm/episode/CDuByU)[Overcast](https://overcast.fm/itunes1491655542)[RSS](https://anchor.fm/s/115b203c/podcast/rss)

### Questions

- Why did you start working on Buttondown?
- What are the tools used for Buttondown? ([Running-Costs-f29729ded5494272947f656440967cbf](https://buttondown.notion.site/Running-Costs-f29729ded5494272947f656440967cbf)) Mailgun
- Heroku
- Stripe
- Postmark

- Is Buttondown geared towards developers having native Markdown support?
- StorageWhere is the contact data stored for subscribers?
- Where are the images stored?

- TrackingIt was turned off by default recently what made you come to this decision?

- How do you test the Gmail Other Tabs?
- What has been the most difficult part of getting the service up and running?
- What does all this mean?

## Episode Summary

1.27 - Producing Newsletters with Buttondown: https://codingcat.dev/podcast/1-27-producing-newsletters-with-buttondown

0:00 - Intro
00:35 - Intro to Justin Duke
1:20 - Where did Buttondown start?
4:30 - Did you think it would get this big?
6:25 - Work history (Stripe and Amazon)
9:05 - Unloop
13:30 - Buttondown's tech (Django and Vue)
17:15 -

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