I’ve been running a small web agency for almost 2 years. One thing I wanted was a simple way to keep track of client websites in case they went down. The existing tools felt too heavy for my needs, so a few weeks ago I decided to build my own.
In 3 weeks went from scratch to a working product. It’s nothing fancy yet, but it works great for me! It monitors websites every 5 minutes, sends alerts to email, and has a clean dashboard. Very minimalistic, you can set it and forget it. It just works. Like a smoke detector you only think of it when your really need it.
The main reason I built it was to solve my own problem, but I thought it could be useful for other freelancers or small agencies too. Hence; I've put out an open beta to the public as an MVP to see if there is any demand for it.
You can check it out here: sitepuls.app
I'd love feedback, insights and constructive critisism!
Happy to answer questions about the build process, tech stack, or what I learned along the way (I learned a ton).
johng•5mo ago
Looks neat, great job. There are lots of free competitors though so it might be an uphill battle to differentiate yourself.
mlillas•5mo ago
Thank you! That's true as well. I'll have to just see how it goes i guess.
mlillas•5mo ago
In 3 weeks went from scratch to a working product. It’s nothing fancy yet, but it works great for me! It monitors websites every 5 minutes, sends alerts to email, and has a clean dashboard. Very minimalistic, you can set it and forget it. It just works. Like a smoke detector you only think of it when your really need it.
The main reason I built it was to solve my own problem, but I thought it could be useful for other freelancers or small agencies too. Hence; I've put out an open beta to the public as an MVP to see if there is any demand for it.
You can check it out here: sitepuls.app I'd love feedback, insights and constructive critisism!
Happy to answer questions about the build process, tech stack, or what I learned along the way (I learned a ton).