I Made This is a weekly newsletter that picks digital things people made and tells how and why, for makers who want an editor's read instead of a vote.
An editor picks it. Nobody votes.
The about page calls it a weekly newsletter of the best things people make, and the stories behind them. It says every submission is read. There is no vote and no leaderboard. You cannot pay to get in, and a pick cannot be bought. If yours is chosen, they email you and it goes into a future edition. Sending one does not mean it will be featured.
The image on this page is that about page as it appeared on October 28, 2026, not a published edition. The sitemap that day listed the homepage, about, privacy, and terms. There was no public issue archive.
What you send in
- You sign in first. The start page asks for a name, one line, a link, and a kind, then what you made, why, and how, who it is for and what is next, the tools and how long it took, a category, a cover plus up to five pictures, and a short note about you. The about page says this takes about ten minutes.
- It has to be digital, and you have to be one of the people who made it. Pictures must be ones you own or have permission to use.
- You keep ownership of the make, the story, and the pictures. The third box you tick gives permission to publish the name, story, and pictures of the make, and your name, in the newsletter and on imadethis.com.
- You can delete a draft yourself. For a make already submitted, email [email protected] and they will remove it. An edition that already went out cannot be pulled back from inboxes.
Who runs it
The about page is signed by Alex, who says he builds and runs websites. The live ones listed there are ContentCreators.com, WebsiteAudit.com, FutureOfGaming.com, CursiveGenerator.com, FirstBark.com, and EarlyStageStartups.com. It also says DataAnalyst.com and BusinessAnalyst.com were built and sold. The contact on that page is [email protected].
Submitting also joins the list
The privacy page says submitting a make adds you to the newsletter, and so does the form on the homepage. Every email has a one-click leave link. If you leave, submitting another make will not add you back. EmailOctopus holds the list and receives your email, your campaign tags, and your first name if you submit a make.
- Sign-in can be Google, which also supplies your name and profile picture. The About you step can add where you are, a short bio, profile links, and the people who helped.
- A guest account, with its drafts and pictures, is kept 7 days after the last change unless you sign in. Sign-in cookies last up to 7 days and renew while you use the site.
- When you give a link, the site saves a screenshot and the icon of that website. ScreenshotOne takes the screenshot. Hidden details such as where a picture was taken are removed before a picture is stored.
- Anthropic's Claude sorts a submission by kind, category, tools, and themes. It receives the details and the story, not your name or email. That sort is only for the editor and is never published. Pressing "Suggest from my story" also asks Claude to suggest tools.
Where the record is kept
The database is on a server in Germany. Pictures, screenshots, and icons are in Amazon Web Services in Frankfurt. Umami runs on a server of their own, and the Upstash counts that limit how often a form can be sent are kept in Frankfurt. EmailOctopus keeps the newsletter list in the EU. Resend, Inngest, Anthropic, ScreenshotOne, CleanTalk, Google Analytics, and Microsoft Clarity are based in the United States and may keep what is sent to them there.
An IP address is saved with a sign-in, together with the browser name, until you sign out or ask for removal. Microsoft Clarity records clicks, scrolling, and mouse movement. The text of the sign-in box and of the submit, my makes, and admin pages is hidden from those recordings. Google Analytics and Clarity set cookies. Umami does not. A campaign cookie, imt_utm, lasts 90 days. A request to see, correct, or delete what they hold goes to [email protected], and the page says they answer within a month.