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Re:Ask HN: Please review my app: Was it up? - dead simple mo... by uggedal on Saturday October 17, 2009 @03:52PM (#887337)
I'll give the "last checked" idea some thought. I'd need to store some additional data as I'm currently storing only abnormal behavior.

Regarding the weekly/monthly update: this is something I'm averse to. Other services do this and it kind of bugs me each time I get these.

Re:Ask HN: Please review my app: Was it up? - dead simple mo... by ooorrr on Saturday October 17, 2009 @04:08PM (#887357)
I'm with you. I think the simplest solution is best here. I do expect you'll run into scenarios where last-checked-time will be data you'll want anyway...