acrtic

Re:Ask HN: Built API monitor with root cause analysis – unable to find... on Friday March 13, 2026 @06:31AM (#47362609)

Amazing blog, helped me understand what I need to do better. One issue I do have though is reddit. Initially my post was doing well over 540 views and couple of users even helped me identify core issues but after a day or so the post just got filtered for no reason and I havent been able to get reach there ever since.

Re:Ask HN: Built API monitor with root cause analysis – unable to find... on Thursday March 12, 2026 @09:24PM (#47359619)

This is very fascinating, I might reach out :D.

Ask HN: Devs, what would you want in an API Monitor?

Posted by acrtic on Thursday March 12, 2026 @08:41AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey HN,Im a first year CS student and ive been working on building my own SaaS API Monitor for the last 2 weeks but I've hit a road block or moreso I'm inna situation..I've been posting about my product on various sites but have recieved next to no new users.So I've decided to double down as that approach is clearly not working, maybe because I haven't really looked into what devs actually want...

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Re:Ask HN: Built API monitor with root cause analysis – unable to find... on Thursday March 12, 2026 @12:57AM (#47346643)

Thanks a lot for the detailed reply, I will try to check out those communities.

Re:Ask HN: Built API monitor with root cause analysis – unable to find... on Thursday March 12, 2026 @12:47AM (#47346566)

Thanks for your insight, Is there something i could implement to possibly make this stand out? Ive got around 60 visits over the past 5 days but only 1 user registered and actually tried it out. What am i missing?

Ask HN: Built API monitor with root cause analysis – unable to find first users

Posted by acrtic on Thursday March 12, 2026 @12:04AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm a CS student at PES University and over the last few months I built Pulse, a free API uptime monitor. I wanted to share what I built and genuinely ask for advice on distribution because I'm stuck.I wasn't happy with how existing free monitors handle incidents. They tell you something is down but give you nothing to debug with. So I focused on making Pulse actually useful after an alert...

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Re:Show HN: Joha – a free browser-based drawing playground with preset... on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @08:00AM (#47334485)

Fun tool to play around with, any way to make the shapes pop instantly, like disable to creation animation?