Practical notes on technology, products, and the work of building for growing businesses.
We recently updated the Megargy website to explain our three principles: Simplicity, Clarity and Generality. Here is an example of how we recognise generality in software we already use internally—and why recognising an opportunity does not necessarily mean we have found a new commercial service.
An inverted-pyramid article puts the essential story in the opening paragraph, then adds explanation, evidence, background and detail underneath it. The title and first paragraph should be enough to understand the point and decide whether to continue. It is a simple way of being kinder to the reader’s time.
If you bought your domain from a registrar such as GoDaddy, Namecheap or xneelo, that company may also have set up your DNS automatically and included it at no extra cost. You do not have to use the registrar for your DNS. Choosing where your domain’s DNS is hosted is an important step.
Your company email may be working perfectly, but it is still worth checking that DMARC is correctly configured for your domain. A sound configuration helps receiving systems trust your email and helps stop impostors from damaging your company’s reputation. If anything is missing, this article explains how to find and fix it.
For blog posts and other long-form text, aim for about 66 characters per line. It is a long-established typography guideline, supported by modern usability and accessibility guidance. On the web, a width around 66ch can be a useful starting point, but the actual number of characters that fit on a line depends on the font and its settings.
Megargy sends newsletters from an address such as update@newsletter.acme.com rather than newsletter@acme.com. The dedicated newsletter subdomain limits the permission you give us to send email on your behalf, while update@newsletter.acme.com provides a simple, consistent sender identity for the newsletter.