As a DevOps engineer working with startups, I kept facing the same problem:
Monitoring infrastructure was unnecessarily complicated.
To properly monitor a few servers, you usually need:
- Monitoring (Datadog / Zabbix)
- Logs (ELK / Loki)
- Alerts (PagerDuty)
- Scripts / manual SSH for actions
That’s 4–5 tools… for a small team.
For startups, this is overkill.
The real problem
Most small teams:
- Don’t have a dedicated DevOps engineer
- Just want to know: “Is my server okay?”
- Want simple alerts and quick actions
Instead, they get:
- Complex dashboards
- Expensive tools
- Fragmented systems
What I tried
I ended up building a lightweight system that:
- Monitors servers
- Sends alerts
- Lets you run actions (restart services, etc.)
- Gives simple AI-assisted insights
All in one place.
What I learned
- Simplicity beats power for small teams
- Most teams don’t need “enterprise monitoring”
- Actionability > dashboards
Try it yourself
If you're running servers and want something simpler than
5 different tools:
Would love your feedback — especially if you're a developer.
Would love honest feedback 🙏
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