Product updates, API tutorials, and webhook recipes from the Pocket Alert team.
SMS charges per 160-character segment and now needs carrier registration before the first message. Push costs the same at three alerts or three thousand. Real Twilio numbers, the setup each one needs, and the case where SMS still wins.
Email is the default alert channel and the worst place for a 3 a.m. failure. Why alerts get lost in the inbox, where email still earns its place, and a simple rule for splitting alerts between the two.
Every push to an iPhone goes through Apple's APNs, and almost every push to Android through Google's FCM. Device tokens, provider authentication, the request itself, what happens when the phone is offline, and how priority really works on each platform.
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