Developer Email Infrastructure

In WP Legends Episode 146, Chris Pennington shares how Resend is making email infrastructure simpler and more developer friendly.

We discuss React Email, Resend CLI 2.0, AI workflows, deliverability, WordPress SMTP challenges, and why email still needs a modern developer experience built for developers first.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:37 Guest Introduction
1:57 Why Every AI App Seems to Use Resend for Email
3:07 How Resend Started
7:12 Behind Resend’s Simple Email Experience
11:46 Resend CLI 2.0
13:38 Will Developers Fully Embrace Email as Code?
18:29 AI Personalization in Email Workflows
20:52 Competing with SendGrid, SES and Mailgun
23:37 Are Most Resend Customers Using APIs?
24:28 Why Developers Overcomplicate Email Deliverability
29:28 How Resend Converts Free Users to Paid
31:46 What Chris Would Fix About Email
33:11 Closing Thoughts

Music Credits:
Valdez Off Crenshaw by Terrace Martin
Live Like Legends (Nightcore Remix) by Ruelle

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