I run a few side projects and I’ve gone through different stages of monitoring them. First it was just checking manually if the site loads. Then I added a simple curl ping in cron. Then I started tracking response times, certificate expiry, even visual changes on pages.
At some point I realized I was spending more time building monitoring than the actual product. Classic trap.
Curious what other devs use for keeping an eye on their stuff. Do you go with a hosted service, self-host something like Uptime Kuma, or just wing it with scripts?
If it’s a side project, then by definition I’m doing it for fun or to build certain skills, not as some sort of “product”. Personally, I don’t do “professional” work outside of my job.
But yeah, getting sidetracked is absolutely a classic trap.
At risk of sidetracking more, could you turn the monitoring you’re doing into its own project or something at least re-usable?
If not, I’d either self-host something or just continue using what you’ve made as-is.