Technical articles on building SaaS products solo, full-stack engineering, and the indie dev experience.
I built a status page tool, so I went deep on every free option in the market. Here's what each one actually gives you — check intervals, Slack support, incident updates, and the commercial use fine print.
UptimeRobot's free plan bans commercial use as of December 2024. Here's the full breakdown of limits, the upgrade pricing trap, and how the alternatives actually compare.
After shipping five products solo, here's the exact stack and principles I use to go from idea to production without a team.