Cron Job Monitoring Tools Compared: From DIY to Fully Managed
Cron's biggest problem isn't scheduling — it's silence. A cron job can fail every night for a month, and unless you're manually checking logs on the s…
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I built a self-hosted log search tool for my team
The backstory Some time ago I adopted Quickwit at my company. For anyone who hasn't used it: Quickwit is a search engine that runs full-text search di…
Netdata's Intrusive Cloud Account Prompts: How to Disable and Regain Focus on System Monitoring
Introduction Netdata, a once-revered open-source monitoring tool, has increasingly compromised its core functionality through aggressive and intrusive…
Why I Built MentionFox Instead of Just Using Mention.com
Most founders who build a competitor to an existing tool do it because they couldn't afford the original. That wasn't my situation. I was paying for M…
Production-Grade Observability: Building a Complete LGTM Stack with SLOs, DORA Metrics, and Intelligent Alerting
Introduction In modern DevOps, simply knowing whether your application is "up" or "down" isn't enough. Users care about latency, reliability, and the …
Reducing Pager Fatigue: Why Excessive Alerting Systems Fall Short?
While recently discussing operational loads with a colleague, I heard them say, "I see the alerts, but I just don't feel like checking them anymore." …
MCP Health Monitor — Free Tool to Check If Your MCP Servers Are Actually Running
MCP servers are fragile. A server can be listed on Smithery with glowing docs but be completely dead — returning 502s or timing out. I checked 50+ ran…
Datadog Alternatives for Small Teams (2026): An Honest Comparison from a Solo Dev
Datadog is the most popular observability platform in the world. It's also the source of more Twitter horror stories than any other piece of B2B softw…
Replacing Elasticsearch with ClickHouse : A 90% Cost-Reduction Migration
A practical guide based on shipping this for a crypto-derivatives platform — annual observability bill went from high six figures to ~$50K, with faste…
I built an uptime monitor in Rust because I hate paywalls for Webhooks
Hey DEV community! 👋 I recently got frustrated with standard monitoring tools. It feels like every tool out there puts simple integrations (like Disco…
Telegram alerts for any production app — a 5-minute setup (no SaaS, no signup, just curl)
Disclosure: I'm a senior backend tech lead and I run HostingGuru, where Telegram alerts ship as a built-in feature. This tutorial works on any platfor…