Hacker News
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What a lead looks like there
Any alerting tool that watches one endpoint without a per-seat plan?
We run one API endpoint in production. Every tool we tried prices by seat or misses the failures we care about.
Draft reply
We ran into the same thing with one endpoint. The check interval mattered more than the price for us. If you want, I can share the setup we ended up with.
Edit it, then post it yourself.
What IntentRat reads on Hacker News
Story titles and comments
Every public story and comment, including the Show HN and Ask HN threads.
Tooling complaints
Threads about a job a product could do, described closely enough to act on.
Launch threads
When somebody shows what they built, the replies often contain the gap you fill.
The labels you see on Hacker News
Pain point and feature request are the labels you will see most on Hacker News.
The person says they are looking for a way to solve this now. A budget or a deadline is often close by.
The person is unhappy with the tool they use and is shopping around for something else.
The problem is described clearly, but nobody said they are buying yet. Worth a reply; the close comes later.
The person names the tool they use and says what it fails at. That gap is yours.
An existing product almost does the job. Someone is telling you what to build.
The thread asks the community for a recommendation. Reply early and you set the category.
Somebody praises a tool in public. Useful to know, rarely a lead.
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