Discussion
It's easy to launch a new site or platform.
Maintaining it is another story.
Imagine you have 100+ domains, a dozen servers and several websites and services you need to monitor, update and keep running.
So I started planning, and wrote 3 interconnected pieces: the hub, sentinels (which run on each server) and probes (which are separate servers that monitor the rest)
One click updates, backup health, domain renewal alerts, status pages and discord alerts + more ✨
(yes, I'll open source this)
@dansup Likewise, looking forward to trying it out.
@dansup looks way better than all the vibe coded uptime monitors that have appeared on the scene recently. Looking forward to the code release 👀
@josh Yeah, I wouldn't trust those lol. When it comes to status pages or even devops tools, you don't need gradients and "modern" fonts, rather it should focus on the needs of who is running and consuming it.
That's why I believe vibe coded fedi platforms won't grow like the OGs, polish only goes so far, knowledge about databases, data structures and caching is fundamental to being able to serve thousands of concurrent users. I don't think many of them realize that.
I'm so hecking happy I finally finished the v1 of this, I've been working on it in secret since early 2025.
I know it won't appeal to most people, but I learned a lot building this and look forward to it making ops a lot easier for me.