Preparing to import subscribers

Continuing my updates about the migration of shortrubynews to Beehiiv, at the end of the day today or tomorrow morning (Saturday morning), I will put the newsletter on Substack on private. This means any new subscription needs to be approved and the purpose is to ensure there are no new subscriptions to the newsletter during the migration. 

Next on my list is to add a visible notice in the next edition with a clear Unsubscribe button just in case someone unsubscribed during the export/import but is still imported as active. 

The new newsletter layout will take a couple of iterations to work, but I look forward to customizing it and making it a bit more readable.

This move to Beehiiv opens multiple possibilities: 

• Maybe start doing the 3 Ruby Links project as a weekly project under the umbrella of 
• They have an API, so maybe I can automate the content editing more, shorten the time spent arranging items on the page, and do proper citations. 
• The possibility of having more ads or offering boosts for other IT-related newsletters

In general, this move will help make the newsletter sustainable and, in the long run, afford to pay someone to fully help with content editing. It also opens up the possibility to focus can of automation and allow more time to be spent on better curation.