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Console.text() – SMS alerts when code executes

6•Noel04•1mo ago

  Hey HN! I built console.text() - a tool that texts you when specific code paths execute in production.

  The idea came from Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products. I'd been stuck in tutorial hell for months, so I decided to just ship something.

  What it does:

    npm install @holler2660/console-text

    const { init } =  require("@holler2660/console-text");
    init({ apiKey: 'ct_live_xxx' });

    console.text('Payment failed', { userId: '123' });
    // → SMS arrives in 5-10 seconds

  Try it: https://soorajdmg.github.io/Console-text/

  Why this vs Sentry/PagerDuty?

  Those are great for teams. This is for solo devs and side projects who want dead-simple alerts without the setup overhead. If you know console.log(), you already know how to use it.

Comments

davydm•1mo ago
interesting

btw - can't connect to any consoletext.dev domain - dashboard, docs, etc

Gooblebrai•1mo ago
> Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products

Can you link the video?

Noel04•1mo ago
yup sure : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs29i2TR7AE
pestatije•1mo ago
is this cloud-friendly? or just us-based?
Noel04•1mo ago
It's global! The SDK works anywhere, and you can receive SMS to any phone number worldwide.
nicbou•1mo ago
Why not use ntfy.sh?
Noel04•1mo ago

  ntfy.sh is great! But it requires:
  - Setting up a topic/channel
  - Installing their app on your phone
  - Subscribing to topics
  - Running a curl command or HTTP client

  console.text() is:
    npm install @holler2660/console-text
    console.text('thing happened');
That said, ntfy.sh doesn't do SMS, so if you genuinely need to wake up at 3am for critical alerts, it's push notifications vs actual phone calls/texts. The main thing I'm going for is ease of use
Jeremy1026•1mo ago
It seems like my carrier is blocking the messages. The console says it was delivered, but my phone isn't getting anything.
Noel04•1mo ago
“Delivered” at the API level means the message was accepted by the downstream carrier / aggregator, not that it necessarily reached the handset. In some regions and carriers, especially for A2P traffic, messages can be filtered or silently dropped after that point. we’re actively working on: clearer delivery state distinctions (accepted vs handset-delivered) fallback routing where possible better guidance on sender IDs and content patterns that reduce filtering

If you’re open to it, sharing the country, carrier, and message type (transactional vs promo) helps us dig deeper.

Jeremy1026•1mo ago
USA, T-Mobile, message was "Error Detected"
vunderba•1mo ago
This is a pretty crowded space (Vonage, Clicksend, TopMessage, etc). They all provide very simple SMS sending libraries for JavaScript.

The biggest problem you’re going to have going forward is establishing trust over existing platforms.

Noel04•1mo ago
You’re absolutely right, SMS itself is commoditized, and there are many solid providers. Console.text() isn’t trying to compete as “yet another SMS API”. The focus is on developer ergonomics and intent, not transport: one-line, code-level alerts (console.text("error")) built for early-stage teams that don’t want to wire PagerDuty / Datadog yet