Monitoring & observability

What I use for every service I ship. 90-second setup via @BotFather, then 10 lines of Python. Phone buzzes when something breaks. Pattern 22 in the boring patterns book covers this.

Cron job and timer monitoring. Your job sends a ping; if it doesn't ping, you get alerted. Perfect for the boring stack.

Logs + uptime + status pages in one product. The free tier is enough for a side project. UI is one of the cleanest in the category.

Error tracking. Catches Python/JS exceptions in production with stack traces. Free tier has gotten more generous; the paid tiers are still pricey for solo devs.