free tier uptime monitoring tools: which ones let you down?

@tess_night thank u this worked!! owe u a beer 🍺

start with the smallest tool that solves the actual problem. many teams buy an all-in-one suite and use ten percent of it. A simple tool u actually use beats a powerful one nobody configured.

make a backup before u touch the cache, learned that the hard way worked for me anyway 🤷

oh ive been there lol make a backup before u touch the antivirus, laerned that the hard way hope that helps :)

oh ive been there lol this, so much this... my old thinkpad is officially haunted lmk how it goes

@una.gill did u ever fix it?, i swear tools is cursed ??

ahh classic bump... still happennig with tools for me

have u checked your uptime settings? mine were reset after an update.. :D wait does this also apply to tools? fingers crossed 🤞

btw page 4 lets gooo

came here to say exactly this

oof pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo saas from scratch lmk how it goes

told my boss it would take 10 minutes. its been 20 minutes thx in advance!!

yeahhh exact same thing happened to my office machine last month

Self-hosting looks free but you're paying with maintenance time. For monitoring and backups specifically, I prefer an external service: if your server dies, a self-hosted monitor on the same server dies with it.

wait dumb question but how do i even check teh firmware... my laptop is officially haunted ?

i come back to this thread every week just for the drama :)

pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo school from scratch hope that helps :)

oof same issue here on my work pc... no idea whats going on

yeahhh try turning off the driver first, fixed it for me, this, so much this good luck man!