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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Pushing ntfy to the next level (Interview)

Oct 20, 2023
58:21
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Featuring Philipp Heckel, creator of ntfy, the podcast explores the motivation behind building ntfy, a service that enables users to send notifications via scripts. They discuss the simplicity and usability of ntfy, including subscribing to topics and customizing notifications. The podcast also touches on message delivery in ntfy, the development process for Android and iOS, and the challenges of depending on a side project for income.
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Quick takeaways

  • ntfy is a simple HTTP-based service that allows users to send push notifications to their phone or desktop using scripts from any computer.
  • Convex is a TypeScript full-stack development platform that promotes clean abstractions, information hiding, and composability to make application development easier and scalable.

Deep dives

Notify is a push notification service that allows sending notifications to phone or desktop

Notify is a simple H2B based service that enables users to send push notifications to their phone or desktop using scripts from any computer. It supports HTTP and PubSub and can be accessed via a simple HTTP request. Notification messages can be customized with titles, priorities, ringtones, persistent alerts, emojis, and tags. Notify can be used without creating an account and is aimed at developers and sysadmins who prefer a no-fuss solution for sending push notifications without extra tooling or subscriptions. Notify also integrates with other services like unified push for wider adoption.

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