I Launched CronMonitor on Product Hunt Today 🚀

Hey dev.to community! 👋

Today's a big day for me - I just launched CronMonitor on Product Hunt, and I wanted to share the journey with you all.

The Problem That Started It All 😓

Picture this: You wake up, coffee in hand, ready to tackle the day. Then disaster strikes - you need to restore a database backup. You go to grab it and... nothing. The backup job hasn't run in two weeks. No alerts. No notifications. Just silent failure.

That was my reality. And it hurt.

Cron jobs are amazing - they run our backups, clean up logs, send reports, sync data. But they have one fatal flaw: they fail silently. No one knows until it's too late.

Enter CronMonitor 🎯

After that painful lesson, I decided to build something to prevent it from happening again. CronMonitor is a simple tool that ensures you know immediately when your scheduled tasks don't run.

Core features:

• ⚡ Instant alerts via Slack, Discord, or Email when jobs fail
• 🚫 No agent installation required - just ping our API
• 📊 Dashboard with job history and statistics
• 🎨 Terminal-inspired UI (because we're developers!)
• 🐳 Works everywhere: Docker, Linux, Windows Task Scheduler

The Tech Stack 🛠️

Building CronMonitor was a great learning experience. Here's what powers it:

Backend:

• Symfony 7 (PHP 8.4) - Robust framework for enterprise-grade reliability
• Doctrine ORM - Database management and migrations
• Messenger Component - Async processing for alerts
• PostgreSQL - Reliable data storage for monitoring records
• Redis - Caching and fast data access
• RabbitMQ - Queue management for notification delivery

Infrastructure:

• Docker - Consistent environments from dev to production
• Nginx - Web server

Frontend:

• Terminal-inspired dark theme with Dracula color palette
• Built for developers who live in the terminal

What's Next? 🚀

Today's Product Hunt launch is just the beginning. I'm planning:

• More integration options (PagerDuty, Telegram, etc.)
• Advanced analytics
• Team collaboration features

Try It Out! 🎁

If you're managing cron jobs, I'd love for you to try CronMonitor:

🔗 Website: cronmonitor.app
🚀 Product Hunt: Vote & share feedback!

I'd Love Your Feedback 💬

As a fellow developer, your feedback means the world to me:

• Have you dealt with silent cron failures?
• How do you currently monitor your scheduled tasks?
• What features would make CronMonitor useful for you?
• Any questions about the tech stack or implementation?

Drop a comment below or check out the Product Hunt page - I'm here all day answering quest