Practical, experience-driven guides about monitoring and reliability. Written for founders, product teams, and agencies who want to understand what users actually experience, not just what infrastructure metrics show.
Beyond uptime percentages to what users actually see
Monitoring from the perspective of who matters most
Clear updates that build trust, not confusion
Getting everyone on the same page about system health
In-depth articles on topics that matter
Everything you need to know about uptime monitoring: how it works, why it matters, types of checks, key metrics, and how to implement it effectively. The definitive guide for anyone getting started with monitoring.
Read the complete guideAn honest breakdown of what free monitoring gets you, where it falls short, and when it makes sense to pay. No upselling—just practical guidance.
Read guideLearn how to monitor your APIs effectively: health checks, response validation, multi-step flows, and alerting. No complex observability stack required.
Read guideWhy traditional uptime metrics fail to represent what users actually experience, and what teams should monitor instead. A look at the gap between server health and user-facing reliability.
Read guideMany teams know they should have a status page, but keep postponing it. An exploration of why it happens, what teams do instead, and when a public status page actually makes a real difference.
Read guideYour site may look fine from your own network while users experience issues. A practical look at why internal testing often hides real problems, and how to verify availability from a user's perspective.
Read guideHow indie founders and small teams can implement effective monitoring without becoming DevOps experts. A practical guide to clarity over completeness.
Read guideHow to write incident updates that inform without causing panic. A practical guide to calm, clear outage communication and status page best practices.
Read guideHow to create a status page that actually helps users during incidents. Practical advice on design, communication, and avoiding common mistakes.
Read guideLearn how to monitor your Shopify store using API-based flow monitoring. Includes technical setup guide, emergency playbook, and how to communicate issues to customers.
Read guideLearn how to monitor your WooCommerce store with API-based monitoring and status pages. Includes REST API setup, emergency playbook, and honest discussion of limitations.
Read guideLearn how to monitor your authentication flow at the API level to catch login failures, token issues, and auth provider outages before users get locked out.
Read guideAn expired SSL certificate turns your website into a warning page. Learn how to monitor certificates, get early alerts, and never surprise your users with "Your connection is not private."
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Quick start guide to verifying your product works globally, not just from your local network.
These guides are written from real-world experience running and monitoring production systems. The focus is on understanding and communication, not on specific tools or vendor workflows.
We believe that monitoring should help teams make better decisions, not just collect data. Clarity matters more than completeness. And the best monitoring setup is one that everyone on the team can understand, not just the engineers.