I use SES for sending + a forwarding service for receiving and the combination works well. Usually my SES bill is a few cents and AWS just waives the bill.
As of a few years ago there's a similar FDA approved ingredient available in the US as BioMin. It works well for me and is cheaper than importing NovaMin.
There's a similar formula available in the US called Biomin that's FDA approved and distributed by Dr Collins. Their fluoridated version isn't FDA approved yet, but it works well for me used 50/50 with an OTC stannous fluoride toothpaste.
I noticed the issue in May 2018, so getting my data in February was just in time for 2019 reporting (I had mixed up the timestamps when I originally wrote I got the data in April).
On a recommendation from a friend I filed a complaint online at https://ag.ny.gov/internet/online-forms. I wrote up the situation and attached a pdf copy of the support interaction I'd had with Google.
It wasn't quick, but it did seem to work. Here's the timeline:
- May 2018: I contact Google about being unable to export my accounting data from last month
- November 2018: after nothing but "thank you for your patience" emails, I complain to the AG
- early February 2019: I get a letter in the mail from the AG saying they'd forwarded the complaint to Google
- late February 2019: Google finally gives me my data [edit: I'd had April originally, but that was a separate request].
If I'm understanding the timeline correctly, it's not just recent signups but anybody who has wanted to monetize an extension from March until now, who paid under the expectation that the temporary ban would be lifted.
Haha, this is so ridiculous and completely on-brand for Google at this point. I've run a Google Music extension for a few years now and would have absolutely no migration path since I don't have a backend -- but it doesn't matter since they're shutting down Google Music anyway!
A related fun fact: accounting data exports for extensions have been broken for me (and I think all extension merchants?) since April 2018. I had to get the NY attorney general to write them a letter before they would actually respond to my support requests so that I could properly file my taxes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20588493. I'm sure that will be fun this year!
I've moved everything to https://buyvm.net after trying a bunch of cheaper providers. They've been good to me for the ~two years I've been using them: no outages and quick support.
https://repominder.com sends release reminders for your open source projects. It works by monitoring the diff between your development branch and how you release (eg tags or another branch).
It works well for me and one other power user, but hasn't grown beyond that. My guess is it's just a failure of marketing -- I make lots of these projects that scratch an itch and then just hope people will find them.
At least it's cheap to run ($2/month for the vps plus <$10/year for the domain).
There's around 1k members right now. I stole the 10k catchphrase from The Listserve. Consider it aspirational!
Yes, people can be selected multiple times, but they must submit a post before they can be selected again.
No, I don't currently plan to release the posts. I might change that at some point but I'd want authors to opt in -- even though the license allows it without their consent I doubt everyone understands that.