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Status update - 2021-07

Console status update - July 2021: podcast and category reviews.

Introducing: Console Launch Series

Introducing a new series of posts designed to help early stage start-ups grow their audience.

Engagement is everything: Privacy and newsletter metrics that matter

Why tracking clicks is the only metric we need to know whether the Console developer tools newsletter is performing.

How our developer Q&A interview process works

One of the most enjoyable parts of running Console is speaking to the talented developers that build the tools we love. Here's a rundown of our interview process.

Console Newsletter - A free weekly email digest of the best tools and beta releases for developers. Every Thursday. See the latest email.

Status update - 2021-06

Console status update - June 2021: Mars research article, website tools directory, podcast, moving office and commercial experiments.

Introducing the Console DevTools Podcast

On 8th July we'll be releasing our first podcast episode, no longer than 15 minutes, discussing the tools featured in the Console weekly newsletter.

Apple's Mail Privacy Protection is a necessary step that helps small publishers

Click rate is the way to measure engagement because it aligns the incentives of the reader (they want to check out something interesting) with the sender (provide interesting content). You get privacy as part of that.

Console Culture: Considered discussion

There’s a reason why scientific peer-review and RFCs are important - ideas are improved through debate and disagreement!

Status update - 2021-05

Console status update - May 2021: Newsletter design, welcome email, hiring a technical writer.

Console Culture: Simplicity

Following the Unix philosophy, we should do only what is absolutely necessary, and do it well.

How our editorial process works

Console aims to become the place developers go to find the best tools. Each week we select a handful of tools and beta releases to share with our subscribers in the Console weekly newsletter. Here is an overview of how we decide what makes the final edit each week.

Console Culture: Transparency

Our first Culture blog post covered our Prime Directive: developer first. This blog post explains the second: transparency. Following the hacker ethic, at Console open access is the default.

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