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Most annoying thing when launching a new project? 🥲

Whenever I am launching a new project beside creative stuff I need to do a ton of repetitive tasks.

Sorted by level of boringness:

  • Mailbox DNS setup
  • DNS rules for better deliverability: SPF, DKIM, DMARC
  • Google Webmaster Setup: submitting sitemaps, site verification
  • FB pixel
  • Most recently BIMI rules, so when someone receives an email from my company they immediately see a brand logo.

Did I miss anything?

on July 17, 2022
  1. 2

    Haha funny that 3/5 of your things were email related.

    These things come up for me:

    1. Ansible scripts for provisioning my servers
    2. Various entity creation (Github, Netlify, Virtual Machines, Google Analytics)
    3. Writing SQL/ORM code to interact with my database
    4. Creating CRUD APIs and test cases
    1. 1

      You're right majority is about mail, just hate the idea that my emails end up in spam or promotions.

      Regarding things you mentioned here 1,3 and 4 I am usually using Laravel framework and all of these things come built-in. For provisioning servers we have Laravel Forge, so that's also handled.

      What kind of stack do you use?

      1. 1

        I like to use:

        • Ansible
        • Kotlin
        • Ktor
        • NextJS
        • Postgres
  2. 1

    Definitely marketing, unless you're a marketer, then still marketing :)

    1. 1

      Yes :) Marketing and sales are pretty stressful for me.
      I guess all founders need to learn those skills or find a marketer partner.