The latest articles on DEV Community by Emir Totic (@emirtotic). https://dev.to/emirtotic https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2043992%2F0fea21fc-a833-44be-af1c-0d4f916a3799.jpeg https://dev.to/emirtotic en Emir Totic Wed, 21 May 2025 17:30:33 +0000 https://dev.to/emirtotic/i-built-a-rust-based-saas-from-scratch-statuspulse-mvp-is-live-21al https://dev.to/emirtotic/i-built-a-rust-based-saas-from-scratch-statuspulse-mvp-is-live-21al <p>I built a Rust-based SaaS from scratch: StatusPulse MVP is live</p> <p>After several weeks of learning, building, and iterating — I’ve finally launched the MVP of my first Rust-based SaaS: <a href="https://statuspulse.up.railway.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">StatusPulse</a></p> <p>It's a monitoring tool that checks your APIs and sends real-time outage alerts via email. Clean dashboard, free plan, and fully built in Rust.</p> <h2> Tech Stack </h2> <ul> <li> <strong>Rust</strong> (main language)</li> <li> <strong>Axum</strong> – web framework (routing, handlers, middleware)</li> <li> <strong>SQLx</strong> – async SQL client (MySQL)</li> <li> <strong>Tokio</strong> – async runtime and background job scheduling</li> <li> <strong>Tera</strong> – template engine (for rendering frontend pages)</li> <li> <strong>TailwindCSS</strong> – styling, fully responsive design</li> <li> <strong>JWT + Argon2</strong> – authentication and secure password storage</li> <li> <strong>SendGrid</strong> – email alerts and password reset flow</li> <li> <strong>Stripe</strong> – payment integration (still in approval phase)</li> <li> <strong>Railway.app</strong> – deployment (monolithic Rust app with SQL)</li> </ul> <h2> What It Does </h2> <ul> <li>User registration &amp; login</li> <li>Email notifications when your APIs go down</li> <li>Password reset flow with email + JWT tokens</li> <li>Create/edit/delete monitors (with interval)</li> <li>Status dashboard (UP/DOWN indicators)</li> <li>Free/Pro/Enterprise plans (logic integrated)</li> <li>Clean mobile-friendly UI with Tera + Tailwind</li> </ul> <h2> Why Rust? </h2> <p>I’ve been a long-time Java developer, but decided to switch to Rust for both the challenge and the long-term benefits of performance and safety.<br><br> Rust was a learning curve (especially lifetimes and async), but Axum + SQLx made it surprisingly smooth.</p> <h2> Try It Free </h2> <p>You can try it right now — free plan is open:<br><br> <a href="https://statuspulse.up.railway.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://statuspulse.up.railway.app</a></p> <h2> I'd Love Feedback </h2> <p>This is just the MVP — I’ll be improving it over the coming weeks.<br><br> If you’ve ever built something in Rust, or if you monitor your own APIs, I’d love to hear your thoughts.</p> <p>Let’s connect:<br><br> <a href="mailto:emirtotic@gmail.com">emirtotic@gmail.com</a><br><br> <a href="https://emirtotic.github.io/portfolio-site" rel="noopener noreferrer">Portfolio site</a></p> <p>Thanks for reading and good luck with your own builds!</p> programming rust saas backend