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UptimeRobot raised their price 4 . I built an alternative.

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31 Mar
I Built a Free Uptime Monitor That Takes Screenshots When Your Site Goes Down

<p>We've all been there. You get a Slack ping at 2am: "Is the site down?" You check UptimeRobot. It says: <strong>DOWN - HTTP 500</strong>. Great. But <em>what</em> was HTTP 500?

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26 Jun
I Switched From UptimeRobot to Vigilmon: Here's What Changed

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I built a private productivity OS alone, with no investors, no team, and no compromises. Here’s what I made.

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