I just released a new project on GitHub:
https://github.com/cubiclesoft/email_sms_mms_gateways
If you aren't a developer, then you probably won't care. Basically, I burned my weekend constructing a JSON array by hand that maps countries and carriers together that provide a free e-mail to SMS/MMS gateway. Well, it is free for software developers. Charges, of course, still apply to the recipient of the SMS/MMS messages.
GitHub makes it really easy to keep that mess up-to-date. Other people supply pull requests, I click a button to accept them. Bam! The list is updated. Then everyone using the list pulls the latest list and...Bam! Everyone's software is running with the absolute latest information. It is a nice, clean system.
I've got a use for this project but it is going to play a smaller role than I originally dreamed up. Carriers need to get their act together and form a consistent strategy that developers can rely upon. Standards committees exist for a reason - they are usually found wherever multiple vendors and headaches are involved.
Also, JSON is awesome. But you already knew that. Right?
https://github.com/cubiclesoft/email_sms_mms_gateways
If you aren't a developer, then you probably won't care. Basically, I burned my weekend constructing a JSON array by hand that maps countries and carriers together that provide a free e-mail to SMS/MMS gateway. Well, it is free for software developers. Charges, of course, still apply to the recipient of the SMS/MMS messages.
GitHub makes it really easy to keep that mess up-to-date. Other people supply pull requests, I click a button to accept them. Bam! The list is updated. Then everyone using the list pulls the latest list and...Bam! Everyone's software is running with the absolute latest information. It is a nice, clean system.
I've got a use for this project but it is going to play a smaller role than I originally dreamed up. Carriers need to get their act together and form a consistent strategy that developers can rely upon. Standards committees exist for a reason - they are usually found wherever multiple vendors and headaches are involved.
Also, JSON is awesome. But you already knew that. Right?
Good work. But yes I agree that the operators are a pain. Shame we don't have 1 good free email to sms provider like the old waterbyte or cellone provider.
ReplyDeleteGreat job man. You are a life saver
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