Guide
Most free uptime monitors are either crippled trials or dashboards built for ops teams. Here's a no-nonsense look at what actually works when you just want to know if your API is down.
Tutorial
You don't need Kubernetes, Grafana, or a monitoring stack to know when your site goes down. Here's how to get reliable uptime alerts with a single API call and no infrastructure to maintain.
Opinion
Your side project doesn't need enterprise monitoring. But it does need to be up when someone from Hacker News clicks the link. Here's how to pick the right tool for projects that matter but don't pay the bills yet.