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Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved

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Post by jbrooksuk »

bpatrianakos wrote: post #6

Great! Now I'll just have to get a Statuspage.io subscription to watch my catchet install. But seriously, this is cool. Creating a StatusPage-type app has actually been on my todo list and even though I've moved away from PHP I think the fact that it's built on it makes its appeal and potential for use very broad. My first thought though was "what happens if my Catchet instance goes down"? After thinking about it for…

Hey, thanks man! Heh, you'd technically need StatusPage.io for your StatusPage.io subscription ;)

But yes, I'd advise you run it on a separate server.

Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved

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Post by jbrooksuk »

themartorana wrote: post #5
hardwaresofton wrote: post #4

As StatusPage.io is a YC-backed startup, I wonder how this affects them... Do they feel threatened in any way? Though I guess they're really offering a service, not just a download

What StatusPage.io is doing seems trivial, except their servers with statuses may be up while yours are down. I'm surprised projects like these get VC backing. I expect StatusPage.io could make money, don't get me wrong, but not in VC-expected-return territory.

I believe StatusPage.io is profitable - those guys do a great job :)

Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved

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Post by [deleted] »

BummerCloud wrote: post #8
hardwaresofton wrote: post #4

As StatusPage.io is a YC-backed startup, I wonder how this affects them... Do they feel threatened in any way? Though I guess they're really offering a service, not just a download

I wouldn't be threatened. One of the most poignant value propositions is about hosting.

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Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved

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Post by encoderer »

If you don't want to offer hosting, consider integrating so you could do, say, 1-click "deploy to heroku."

I run a SaaS monitoring service (my profile has details) and we've been asked before to produce an installable product. We've rejected the idea not because we lack sympathy with companies that have no-hosted-saas policies, but because the reliability and stability of the service is among the most valuable features.

Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved

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Post by jaxxstorm »

encoderer wrote: post #15

If you don't want to offer hosting, consider integrating so you could do, say, 1-click "deploy to heroku." I run a SaaS monitoring service (my profile has details) and we've been asked before to produce an installable product. We've rejected the idea not because we lack sympathy with companies that have no-hosted-saas policies, but because the reliability and stability of the service is among the most valuable featur…

There's a "deploy to Heroku" button right there in the markdown..

Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved

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Post by jbrooksuk »

encoderer wrote: post #15

If you don't want to offer hosting, consider integrating so you could do, say, 1-click "deploy to heroku." I run a SaaS monitoring service (my profile has details) and we've been asked before to produce an installable product. We've rejected the idea not because we lack sympathy with companies that have no-hosted-saas policies, but because the reliability and stability of the service is among the most valuable featur…

We do, check the readme file on GitHub - it's pretty cool!

Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved

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Post by pimlottc »

jbrooksuk wrote: post #13
geekbri wrote: post #2

It would be nice if there was a Demo setup somewhere.

We do, but it should be linked on the homepage and be more visible; https://cachet.herokuapp.com

That's helpful, but it would be more interesting as a demo if it had some other events on it.
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