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Building what's next (Changelog Interviews #687)

October 22, 2026 2:00:21 20.42 MB ( 153.04 MB less) Downloads: 0

This week I’m talking with Zeno Rocha, CEO of Resend, about scaling “boring” email to 3 million users, the secret Go rewrite behind it, and building for agents. We cover pricing.md, MCP, spam gangs, and why Resend keeps what’s next for email.

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