adeelraza

Joined 18 years ago

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Serial Entrepreneur. Co-Founder and CEO, Unlayer (YC W22). Learn more about me at http://adeelraza.co
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Comment · 3 months ago
AI needs structured output and that’s exactly what Unlayer Elements provides for emails and documents. And visual builders on top of that.
Comment · 3 months ago
Yes, maintaining is the real issue. And also battle testing the quality of software.
Comment · 3 months ago
Exactly. You realize that after going through the whole process.
Comment · 3 months ago
We will be around. Have been for 5 years :)
Comment · 3 months ago
We’re seeing really good momentum with our open source projects. React email editor and elements.
Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 3 months ago
Fair :) We do have open-source pieces (Unlayer Elements, React Email Editor, AI Skills), but the hosted builder itself is commercial.
Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 3 months ago
totally agree!
Comment · 3 months ago
Totally fair. You can build the first 10-minute demo with an LLM now.

The hard part is usually what comes after: editable state, templates, email-safe HTML, PDF/export pipelines, assets, permissions, custom blocks, previews, and all the rendering edge cases that show up once real users depend on it.

AI also makes structure more important, not less. That’s why we launched Unlayer Elements: instead of having an LLM generate a static blob of HTML, it can target structured components that map back into an editable email, web page or document.

So I'd use AI to prototype it. I'd use Unlayer when that content layer becomes production infrastructure you don't want to maintain yourself.

Comment · 9 years ago
Hey, developer of this React component here. I run several SaaS startups and we always wanted a good email editor that we can quickly embed in our applications. Couldn't find one that's free and solid so we decided to build one.

It takes less than 5 minutes to get started with this React component. Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback.

Comment · 9 years ago
Thanks!

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