Cachet – Service status updates improved
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Cachet – Service status updates improved
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Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved
#2It would be nice if there was a Demo setup somewhere.
Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved
#3It would be nice if there was a Demo setup somewhere.
the link for the demo is at the github page: https://cachet.herokuapp.com/
Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved
#4As 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
Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved
#5As 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.
Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved
#6Great! 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 a minute I don't think this should be a big concern for most. Assuming you run Cachet on a server separate from the one you're monitoring then the chances of both going down at once are small save for instances where you put both the Cachet instance and the app you're monitoring on the same provider like a Linode or DigitalOcean and they have an outage. Then I thought you could just get a free Pingdom account and have it ping your Cachet instance every few minutes. This way you know your status page is online (which is really all you need to know about a status page) and then the status page will give you a more detailed overview of the app you're really concerned about.
Great job, thank you for making this. I'm definitely going to use it.
Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved
#7As 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 doubt and don't think they should feel threatened. If I were them I wouldnt be guarding my application because it's a very simple and easy to replicate concept. The real value is in the service. You pay for StatusPage because you expect they'll have better uptime than you and they allow you to focus on building your app and communicating with your customers. They take the work of building and maintaining a status page away. Pingdom is very similar. Something you could definitely build yourself but why bother when you have better things to do with your time.
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#8As 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.
Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved
#9It's not quite clear what exactly this does—apparently I can "Create, edit and delete components." and "Log incidents." and "monitor services". Some more relevant info on the pages would be nice.
Re: Cachet – Service status updates improved
#10It's not quite clear what exactly this does—apparently I can "Create, edit and delete components." and "Log incidents." and "monitor services". Some more relevant info on the pages would be nice.
It's a StatusPage.io alternative. The "Create, edit and delete components" is kind of arbitrary there.. I'll update it.