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Show HN: Octobot – Your Friendly GitHub Status App

37 points by jcouture 12y ago

franksup2 12y ago
Looks good! It will save me a lot of anger :)
- jonursenbach 12y ago
  Why not just load https://status.github.com/ https://status.github.com/?
  - igorgue 12y ago
    Push notifications.
    - franksup2 12y ago
      You're right! It's all about the push notifications
jdtremblay 12y ago
Nice!
mosburger 12y ago
Is there a desktop equivalent to this? 'Cuz I'm usually at my desk when I'm using git, not my phone, and that'd be really handy. :)
- jcouture 12y ago
  Not at the moment, no. Although, if there is enough demand, it could certainly be done, sure!
colinbartlett 12y ago
I recently released a project of mine that does something similar but includes a variety of notification mechanisms, including web hooks. Also covers more than 120 different services. https://statusgator.io https://statusgator.io
- nusbit 12y ago
  Great Idea, simple and useful. May I ask you how successful this service is? Just the pricing is a bit too high for me - is there no free options? Maybe for one service to monitor?
  - Lalabadie 12y ago
    Hey, Octobot designer here. I think Colin's project rocks! He does offer a free plan that can monitor up to five services, but notifications are limited to email.
  - colinbartlett 12y ago
    Thanks for the feedback!! There is indeed a free plan! Currently limited to 5 services and email only. Do you think I should open up all the features for free? I always struggle with what to include in a free tier. IE: How to balance the needs of supporting a service but also offering enough features for free to give them a taste. I just launched a couple of weeks ago, after using it internally for months. Paid customers number in the dozens, which is enough to pay the hosting and other recurring fees. My target is companies that are already spending hundreds or thousands of dollars a month on hosting services, so I would like to think that a few lattes-worth of peace-of-mind would be a worthwhile investment. Especially, given the time savings when you are hunting down a problem that's not actually yours.
daterbot 12y ago
OCTOBOT! So cool to see another bot doing great things! Keep up the great work. @DaterBot
- jcouture 12y ago
  Resistance is futile!

37 points by jcouture 12y ago

franksup2 12y ago

Looks good! It will save me a lot of anger :)

jonursenbach 12y ago
Why not just load https://status.github.com/ https://status.github.com/?
- igorgue 12y ago
  Push notifications.
  - franksup2 12y ago
    You're right! It's all about the push notifications

jdtremblay 12y ago

Nice!

mosburger 12y ago

Is there a desktop equivalent to this? 'Cuz I'm usually at my desk when I'm using git, not my phone, and that'd be really handy. :)

jcouture 12y ago
Not at the moment, no. Although, if there is enough demand, it could certainly be done, sure!

colinbartlett 12y ago

I recently released a project of mine that does something similar but includes a variety of notification mechanisms, including web hooks. Also covers more than 120 different services. https://statusgator.io https://statusgator.io

nusbit 12y ago
Great Idea, simple and useful. May I ask you how successful this service is? Just the pricing is a bit too high for me - is there no free options? Maybe for one service to monitor?
- Lalabadie 12y ago
  Hey, Octobot designer here. I think Colin's project rocks! He does offer a free plan that can monitor up to five services, but notifications are limited to email.
- colinbartlett 12y ago
  Thanks for the feedback!! There is indeed a free plan! Currently limited to 5 services and email only. Do you think I should open up all the features for free? I always struggle with what to include in a free tier. IE: How to balance the needs of supporting a service but also offering enough features for free to give them a taste. I just launched a couple of weeks ago, after using it internally for months. Paid customers number in the dozens, which is enough to pay the hosting and other recurring fees. My target is companies that are already spending hundreds or thousands of dollars a month on hosting services, so I would like to think that a few lattes-worth of peace-of-mind would be a worthwhile investment. Especially, given the time savings when you are hunting down a problem that's not actually yours.

daterbot 12y ago

OCTOBOT! So cool to see another bot doing great things! Keep up the great work. @DaterBot

jcouture 12y ago
Resistance is futile!