Alexander Neitzel articles - 26 total
Facebook Outage 2021: What You Missed (And How External Monitoring Keeps You Safe)
On October 4, 2021, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all went dark for over 6 hours,...
What You Can Learn from the AWS US‑East‑1 Outage
On December 7, 2021, AWS suffered a major outage in its US‑East‑1 region, impacting tens of thousands...
CrowdStrike Outage 2024: Lessons Learned and Why You Need External Monitoring
On July 19, 2024, a faulty configuration update from CrowdStrike triggered a blue screen of death on...
Lessons from the June 2025 Google Cloud Outage (And How Monitoring Could Have Saved You)
🚨 Lessons from the June 2025 Google Cloud Outage (And How Monitoring Could Have Saved...
How to Self-Host AnythingLLM — Your Own AI Knowledge Base with Monitoring
🤖 How to Self-Host AnythingLLM — Your Own AI Knowledge Base with Monitoring Want ChatGPT,...
How to Self-Host Coolify (Open Source Heroku) — With Monitoring & Free Lifetime Alerts
🚀 How to Self-Host Coolify (Open Source Heroku) — With Monitoring & Free Lifetime...
How to Self-Host SonarQube for Code Quality Analysis (with Monitoring)
🧪 How to Self-Host SonarQube for Code Quality Analysis (with Monitoring) SonarQube is one...
How to Self-Host PostgreSQL (with Monitoring)
PostgreSQL is the backbone of tons of modern apps — powerful, reliable, and open-source. And yes,...
How to Self-Host Uptime Kuma (And When You Should Use Something Better)
Uptime Kuma is a great open-source tool — simple, fast, and easy to run on your own server. If...
How to Self-Host Kimai (Time Tracking) on Linux (with Monitoring)
Kimai is a slick, open-source time tracking tool — great for freelancers, teams, and agencies who...
How to Self-Host Infisical (with Monitoring)
Infisical is a modern, open-source secret manager for developers — think self-hosted Doppler or...
How to Install MySQL and phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu (with Monitoring)
MySQL and phpMyAdmin are the go-to combo for managing databases in web projects. Whether you're...
How to Self-Host Cal.com on Ubuntu (with Monitoring)
Cal.com is one of the best open-source alternatives to Calendly — and yes, you can self-host it. In...
How to Monitor Everything That’s Not Just Your App (DNS, Email, APIs, DBs…)
Most devs monitor one thing: Is my app up? And while that’s a good start — it’s just the tip of...
Why You Need a Status Page Before You Need a Status Page
You don’t build fire exits during a fire. So why do so many teams wait until after their first big...
Status Pages Aren’t Just for Outages – Here’s 5 Other Use Cases You’re Missing
Most people think status pages are just for saying: "Hey, we’re down. Sorry." But there’s so...
Self-Hosted vs SaaS Monitoring – What’s Actually Better?
If you've ever Googled "how to monitor your app uptime", you’ve probably seen these two paths: 🧱...
What Makes a Status Page Trustworthy? A Dev’s Checklist
You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression — and if your status page looks like an...
The Monitoring Stack That Saved Me 3 Nights of Sleep
Imagine this: You're on vacation. Sun, beach, no laptop. Bliss. Then your phone buzzes. Your app is...
How to Build a Public Status Page in 10 Minutes (No Code, No Headaches)
I used to think setting up a status page was going to be a weekend project. It’s not. Today, you...
10 Monitoring Mistakes I Made (So You Don’t Have To)
Let’s be honest — most of us don’t set up monitoring until something goes wrong. I’ve been there....
99.9% Uptime Sounds Great – Until You Do the Math
You’ve seen it on every SaaS website: “We guarantee 99.9% uptime.” Sounds awesome, right? Until...
How I Set Up a Full Monitoring & Status Page for My Side Project in 15 Minutes (for Free)
I've built a few side projects over the years — and every single time, I told myself: “This one...
Why You Should Monitor Your App: Ensuring Uptime and Building Trust
Introduction: In a World That Never Sleeps In today’s always-online world, app downtime...
You’re Doing Error-Handling Wrong!
You’re Doing Error-Handling Wrong: A Case for Predictable and Standardized Responses ...
Why Startups Should Prioritize Developer Experience Over Everything Else
Introduction When launching Garmingo, we knew our success would hinge on more than just...