September 19, 2026 · 4 min read
Email vs file transfer services
Letters and parcels. We keep asking the letter slot to take the sofa.
David KrugManila · @realDavidKrug
Email is a wonderful way to say “the link is below, the selects are Thursday’s, it expires Friday.” It is a bad way to carry the selects.
The distinction that matters
The bounce is not a personal failure. Attachments were never a truck. Send the letter. Let a transfer carry the parcel. Two tools, both doing the job they are shaped for.
The bounce is not a personal failure. Attachments were never a truck. Send the letter. Let a transfer carry the parcel. Two tools, both doing the job they are shaped for.
In one table
| A transfer | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carries | A sentence | The file |
| Fails when | The file is heavy | You needed a conversation |
| Together | The letter | The parcel |
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David Krug
Twenty-plus years of building cute little websites, and big ones, with an independent footprint. In the Philippines since 2016. Based in Manila, with two children and one amazing partner.
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