Now in Beta: SLA Monitor by StatusGator
September 30, 2020
StatusGator has been monitoring hundreds of status pages for more than 5 years. During this time, we’ve collected millions of data points about the status
Hi, we’re Colin and Andy, two veteran software developers sustainably building several products and services. Using our combined 50+ years of industry experience, we’re bootstrapping a small but profitable business that carefully iterates on ideas. By sharing our experiences publicly here on this blog and across the web, we’re giving back to the community of independent hackers that has given us so much.
Our most popular product is StatusGator, a status page aggregator that sends you notifications when the services you depend on post downtime. We also run VimTricks, an email newsletter for Vim users, TrackSSL, Washtub, and DriftWatch.
Follow along with us on our blog below and contact us with your feedback and suggestions.
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statusgator
Best PagerDuty Alternatives of 2020: An Independent Review by StatusGator
September 24, 2020
Modern applications offer more and more features, and the infrastructure needed to run them becomes increasingly complex. The need for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and
Now in Beta: SLA Monitor by StatusGator
September 30, 2020
StatusGator has been monitoring hundreds of status pages for more than 5 years. During this time, we’ve collected millions of data points about the status
Best PagerDuty Alternatives of 2020: An Independent Review by StatusGator
September 24, 2020
Modern applications offer more and more features, and the infrastructure needed to run them becomes increasingly complex. The need for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and
vimtricks
We moved our newsletter landing page off of Substack
June 15, 2020
When we launched VimTricks, our Vim email newsletter, almost two months ago, we started in the simplest way we could: With a hosted newsletter built
How we collect feedback on VimTricks
April 29, 2020
This really was the best decision we made before launching: We recently launched VimTricks, an email newsletter serving up tips and tricks about the Vim text
We moved our newsletter landing page off of Substack
June 15, 2020
When we launched VimTricks, our Vim email newsletter, almost two months ago, we started in the simplest way we could: With a hosted newsletter built
How we collect feedback on VimTricks
April 29, 2020
This really was the best decision we made before launching: We recently launched VimTricks, an email newsletter serving up tips and tricks about the Vim text
driftwatch
Drift Score: The Dependency Drift Metric
August 8, 2020
A few months back, we coined an idea we call “dependency drift” — a metric for tracking the recency of your software dependency packages. Now
Dependency Drift: A Metric for Software Aging
January 31, 2020
Is your software up to date? Have you been applying those gem security patches? Are you keeping up to date with python version upgrades? Have
Drift Score: The Dependency Drift Metric
August 8, 2020
A few months back, we coined an idea we call “dependency drift” — a metric for tracking the recency of your software dependency packages. Now
Dependency Drift: A Metric for Software Aging
January 31, 2020
Is your software up to date? Have you been applying those gem security patches? Are you keeping up to date with python version upgrades? Have
nimble industries
Why we stopped publishing our revenue on Indie Hackers
September 25, 2020
As of this writing, StatusGator is generating $5,073.45 in monthly recurring revenue. I launched StatusGator almost 6 years ago and it seems simultaneously amazing to
Is AppSumo worth it?
August 19, 2020
We recently chatted with AppSumo about the possibility of offering StatusGator on their platform. AppSumo partners with SaaS tools to offer lifetime deals for a
Why we stopped publishing our revenue on Indie Hackers
September 25, 2020
As of this writing, StatusGator is generating $5,073.45 in monthly recurring revenue. I launched StatusGator almost 6 years ago and it seems simultaneously amazing to
Is AppSumo worth it?
August 19, 2020
We recently chatted with AppSumo about the possibility of offering StatusGator on their platform. AppSumo partners with SaaS tools to offer lifetime deals for a