Little Warden
Infrastructure
website monitoring
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Pricing: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea that checks things people forget after launch
From 2 comments
This seems like a great idea. I would be interested in detecting 404's as well. This would need to be configurable because not all 404's you care about, but some you likely do.…
kylegalbraith on HNWould love this if it also checked 404 assets and links.
pudo on HN
Pricing is reasonable for commercial sites
From 2 comments
don't listen to anyone who thinks $20/month is 'prohibitively' expensive for anyone who runs a commercial website, i.e. one that shouldn't go down over a small oversite like…
flachsechs on HNThe pricing is completely reasonable; we are probably going to get the £400/year plan as an agency. I agree the £6 single domain pricing could be more visible. Take advice from…
1123581321 on HN
Objections
Too expensive for personal or small websites with no revenue
From 3 comments
Looks neat, but it's prohibitively expensive to use for a personal website which doesn't generate revenue. I use CloudFlare (at $5/mo), but close to $17/mo for this service…
tristor on HNNice idea and execution. But at £ 15 for the least expensive plan, and no free starter plan for say, just single domain owners, I think this might be prohibitively expensive for…
justboxing on HN> don't listen to anyone who thinks $20/month is 'prohibitively' expensive for anyone who runs a commercial website I'm telling you from practical experience. I've helped several…
justboxing on HN
No free tier for single-domain owners
From 2 comments
I would love to see a free version for just one domain.
marcofloriano on HNNice idea and execution. But at £ 15 for the least expensive plan, and no free starter plan for say, just single domain owners, I think this might be prohibitively expensive for…
justboxing on HN
Payment flow bugs: repeated payment prompts and a 404 after payment
From 1 comment
When your pricing page says "10 checks per URL" etc what does it mean? I assume it means that more things are checked as you move up the tiers but I couldn't find any table of…
mabcat on HN
Pricing page does not explain what each tier checks
From 1 comment
When your pricing page says "10 checks per URL" etc what does it mean? I assume it means that more things are checked as you move up the tiers but I couldn't find any table of…
mabcat on HN
Requests
Free or low-cost plan for single domain
From 3 comments
I would love to see a free version for just one domain.
marcofloriano on HNLooks neat, but it's prohibitively expensive to use for a personal website which doesn't generate revenue. I use CloudFlare (at $5/mo), but close to $17/mo for this service…
tristor on HNNice idea and execution. But at £ 15 for the least expensive plan, and no free starter plan for say, just single domain owners, I think this might be prohibitively expensive for…
justboxing on HN
Detect 404 pages and broken links and assets
From 2 comments
This seems like a great idea. I would be interested in detecting 404's as well. This would need to be configurable because not all 404's you care about, but some you likely do.…
kylegalbraith on HNWould love this if it also checked 404 assets and links.
pudo on HN
Make the single-site plan more visible on the pricing page
From 2 comments
There seems to be a £6/€8/$10 plan for one site, though it's barely visible under the primary pricing. I think it should be made a little more visible - less prominent than the…
TeMPOraL on HNThe pricing is completely reasonable; we are probably going to get the £400/year plan as an agency. I agree the £6 single domain pricing could be more visible. Take advice from…
1123581321 on HN
Questions
What checks are included at each pricing tier
From 1 comment
When your pricing page says "10 checks per URL" etc what does it mean? I assume it means that more things are checked as you move up the tiers but I couldn't find any table of…
mabcat on HN
Whether SSL monitoring is independent of the certificate provider
From 1 comment
Yes, but that's based on their information, it's not "monitoring". Monitoring is an external system not influenced by the others which observes and reports. It'd be nice to be…
tristor on HN
Alternatives named
Expirify, a free SSL expiry checker
From 1 comment
https://secure.expirify.com is a free option that works well. I believe I discovered it on HN.
jaden on HN
certificatemonitor.org
From 1 comment
You mean, like https://certificatemonitor.org/?
dbuxton on HN
lnkchk.com, a link checker
From 1 comment
Shameless plug alert! I made something similar +/- some features. https://lnkchk.com
creatrixcordis on HN
Let's Encrypt auto-renewal and provider expiry emails
From 2 comments
Just use letsencrypt, it renews automatically
tarr11 on HNAnd even if you don’t set that up they still email you when it’s about to expire
Karunamon on HN