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I didnt build this as a means to make money, it was more of a project to prove that i can. It is built using AWS' free tier services. Its my dream to keep this up while having it cost me as little as possible.

Re: Show HN: Wumbo – a new temporary email generator

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Post by gummybuns » Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 3:13 PM UTC

achecouter wrote: post #3

How it's different than SimpleLogin or 33mail?

I haven't seen those before but scanning over the home pages of both it seems like we all offer very similar services. SimpleLogin seems legit and looks like they offer a ton of cool features. It seems like something that I would aspire this project to become

Re: Show HN: Wumbo – a new temporary email generator

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Post by blcarson » Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 7:00 PM UTC

Love the name - really surprised that URL wasn't taken.

Re: Show HN: Wumbo – a new temporary email generator

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Post by gummybuns » Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 7:30 PM UTC

blcarson wrote: post #6

Love the name - really surprised that URL wasn't taken.

Thank you! I had the domain for two years or so now just waiting for the right project to come along haha

Re: Show HN: Wumbo – a new temporary email generator

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Post by java-man » Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 8:24 PM UTC

gummybuns wrote: post #4

java-man wrote: post #2

How do you plan to make money?

I didnt build this as a means to make money, it was more of a project to prove that i can. It is built using AWS' free tier services. Its my dream to keep this up while having it cost me as little as possible.

This is noble, but eventually a project like this will either die or be repurposed for a nefarious purpose (like harvesting email addresses).

Re: Show HN: Wumbo – a new temporary email generator

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Post by gummybuns » Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 8:39 PM UTC

java-man wrote: post #8

gummybuns wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didnt build this as a means to make money, it was more of a project to prove that i can. It is built using AWS' free tier services. Its my dream to keep this up while having it cost me as little as possible.

This is noble, but eventually a project like this will either die or be repurposed for a nefarious purpose (like harvesting email addresses).

Yea youre right - i still have a few unanswered questions about how to keep the application affordable with the way that it was built at a large scale. If those are your concerns it seems like you have more faith than I do that it could take off

Re: Show HN: Wumbo – a new temporary email generator

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Post by mindofdijon » Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 9:49 PM UTC

I wumbo. you wumbo. he she we wumbo