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flusteredpie t1_j7anlmj wrote

futureme.org does this too. I sent myself a message in 2006 that arrived on my birthday in 2016. 2006 me wasn't very nice.

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Alexandrechief OP t1_j7bhamt wrote

Hey thanks for sharing, that website is pretty cool ! On my side this was just a small one day side project so might not be as great as of right now

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flusteredpie t1_j7csclp wrote

No worries! And to be clear the intent of my comment was to share my experience, not criticism. Apologies if that's how it came across! I think it's a cool project. I'll send myself a message, time time something a bit more insightful and kinder than "ha ha you're old now".

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marimuthu96 t1_j7aswvd wrote

This is what I'm doing with the schedule function in Gmail.

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thingsinprogress t1_j7ad5el wrote

I like the idea. How do you guarantee deliverability 10 years down the line though?

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Ravilla t1_j7b3nrt wrote

Not sure about this one, but I did this once and then got an email before whatever date I set and it basically said "Hey we're shutting down, here's your message ahead of schedule. Sorry."

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Alexandrechief OP t1_j7bhyh0 wrote

That's a great suggestion ! I will personally make sure everyone receives their email even if it needs to be ahead of schedule

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Alexandrechief OP t1_j7bhsve wrote

Hey thanks for asking ! Essentially, we rely on AWS to store the letters so deliverability pretty much depends on AWS not shutting down all of sudden in the next 10 years. We also have a daily database backup in place which I'm thinking of moving to some other service to mitigate risks. Ravilla also has a super good point, if we ever need to shutdown before that, I will make sure everyone receives their letter ahead of schedule !

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PM_ME_UR_FAVE_TUNE t1_j7bgg88 wrote

I write myself a birthday letter every year to my future self next year and another at 5 year intervals (so I receive a bunch of them when I turn 40, 45, etc)

It's really nice to get snapshots of my life every year. Been doing it for almost a decade now.

Used to use FutureMe, but now I just schedule the email to myself through Gmail.

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mornaq t1_j7anf9b wrote

last time I saw a service like that was long before Vercel appeared

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m945050 t1_j7ce6zt wrote

Our 6th grade teacher had us write letters to ourselves that were delivered on our 21st birthdays. How she kept track of all us throughout the years was amazing.

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Ottos1 t1_j7bm74w wrote

I think it's nice to do this also with you son and daughter.

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roygbiv-it t1_j7dxs01 wrote

Keep hitting that top shelf putty! Over and out....

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VG88 t1_j7auyif wrote

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