DevRaven
Infrastructure
uptime monitoring
SHOW HN2022
46points
34comments
#1,017of 2,570 in 2022
Top 40%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple design and clear home page
From 2 comments
Hi Krishna, Great product you have put there. What is the long term plan wrt pricing, what should I expect if I sign up? Like the clarity of the home page, well done and good luck!
leonardinius on HNLove the simplicity !
jibnair on HN
Generous free tier, no credit card needed to try
From 2 comments
Hi Krishna, congrats on the launch! I really like that you have the 'try with no credit card' offering, I wish more companies would do this. One question I'd have for you is how…
CSMastermind on HNthis looks nice. generous free tier! seconding the idea that it would be nice if gitops (flat config files in git) was a first class interface to configure everything. that would…
a-dub on HN
Playwright synthetic tests easy to set up
From 1 comment
This is very timely for something I've been wanting to do! Giving it a try now. Edit: tried it. I like it, I hadn't used playwright before but it was fairly straightforward to…
paulgb on HN
Objections
Crowded market with many established monitoring players
From 2 comments
Hi Krishna, congrats on the launch! I really like that you have the 'try with no credit card' offering, I wish more companies would do this. One question I'd have for you is how…
CSMastermind on HNWhat differentiate you from the number of existing monitoring platforms? Genuinely curious as it is a crowded space with a lot of established players.
Sytten on HN
Single platform for everything risks being a jack of all trades
From 2 comments
> a single platform to monitor anything that developers would like to monitor a jack of all trades, master of none
ushakov on HNplease think for a moment what you’ve just said you said you could offer me a tool that does many different things, but nothing specific but, as a potential customer i would be…
ushakov on HN
Hosted on GCP; monitoring may fail if its own region is down
From 2 comments
Hi Krishna, congrats on the launch! I really like that you have the 'try with no credit card' offering, I wish more companies would do this. One question I'd have for you is how…
CSMastermind on HNThanks! Our service is hosted in GCP today. Yes, it's totally possible that alerts may not be sent out or delayed if the regions where we hosted our services are down. I will…
kc10 on HN
Proprietary; open-source alternatives exist
From 1 comment
why would i use your proprietary product when there are (lots!) of open-source alternatives available?
ushakov on HN
Requests
Git-based configuration as the config source
From 3 comments
This is very timely for something I've been wanting to do! Giving it a try now. Edit: tried it. I like it, I hadn't used playwright before but it was fairly straightforward to…
paulgb on HNthis looks nice. generous free tier! seconding the idea that it would be nice if gitops (flat config files in git) was a first class interface to configure everything. that would…
a-dub on HNi'd consider going a step further and making the web ui completely optional for configuration after the billing is set up. i know that sounds extreme, but personally that is…
a-dub on HN
Opsgenie support besides PagerDuty
From 1 comment
Never understand why these kind of services only support PagerDuty. What about Opsgenie
wdb on HN
Cron monitoring
From 1 comment
Nice work! Any plans to support cron monitoring / time of day monitoring? Something akin to cronitor?
leetrout on HN
TypeScript support for tests
From 1 comment
This is very timely for something I've been wanting to do! Giving it a try now. Edit: tried it. I like it, I hadn't used playwright before but it was fairly straightforward to…
paulgb on HN
Test timing visibility
From 1 comment
This is very timely for something I've been wanting to do! Giving it a try now. Edit: tried it. I like it, I hadn't used playwright before but it was fairly straightforward to…
paulgb on HN
Questions
How does it compare with Checkly
From 2 comments
This is an area that needs to be fleshed out, so far the best solution I've found is https://checklyhq.com/ Playwright + other monitoring checks as a service is amazing. You do…
hunterb123 on HNI use Checkly. Any idea how this compares?
dogweather on HN
How the services are hosted and whether alerts survive cloud outages
From 1 comment
Hi Krishna, congrats on the launch! I really like that you have the 'try with no credit card' offering, I wish more companies would do this. One question I'd have for you is how…
CSMastermind on HN
Long-term pricing plan
From 1 comment
Hi Krishna, Great product you have put there. What is the long term plan wrt pricing, what should I expect if I sign up? Like the clarity of the home page, well done and good luck!
leonardinius on HN
Alternatives named
Checkly
From 2 comments
This is an area that needs to be fleshed out, so far the best solution I've found is https://checklyhq.com/ Playwright + other monitoring checks as a service is amazing. You do…
hunterb123 on HNI use Checkly. Any idea how this compares?
dogweather on HN
Cronitor
From 1 comment
Nice work! Any plans to support cron monitoring / time of day monitoring? Something akin to cronitor?
leetrout on HN
Open-source monitoring tools
From 1 comment
why would i use your proprietary product when there are (lots!) of open-source alternatives available?
ushakov on HN