PostieDay 68 · 6 November 2026
Chapter 2 · 3 days to the chapter deadline
- Shared Inboxes Broken
In my usage of Postie I finally came to realise that shared inbox creation was broken both by hardcoded rules and ridiculous provisioning rules I had set. I could set things up okay, add the email... but it would be stuck pending because I had hardcoded the emails that were allowed to send...
Use the software you make. This is the reason.
- Progress Update - End of Daily Updates
It has been just over a week since the last Postie Update. I know that this has been a long time and even when I have been sick I haven't actually missed many days without writing here... the thing is I've been doing more important things than developing Postie. I've been using it....
As much of a cop-out that might be I think it's important to do. Sometimes you have to use the project in day-to-day life stopping "new features". I really wanted to put Postie through it's paces and it has uncovered some hidden edge-cases and bugs.
It's made me think that there's no need for daily updates for this. As I said sometime before in Chapter 1 I do not want this (as in the development log) to become an obligation where I feel I need to write something just to write something. I've found that that creates undue stress on me and makes me feel like a failure and I'm letting people (and myself down) when I've been focusing on client work as a priority which basically funds this development anyway.
Days when I am not working on Postie I am either working on Client work or working on projects related to Postie development like its CMS or just general trying new things. Postie still remains my number 1 project but the scope of it is too much for extra stress put on on top of my already stressful freelance day job.
Remember I write these more for myself than anyone else. I am here to say it's okay to not post every day. It's okay not to post every week. It's okay to just post when something is interesting. Sometimes that might be once a day, multiple times a day even or as is the case once every week or so. Life. Work. Balance.