Let’s be honest — most of us don’t set up monitoring until something goes wrong.
I’ve been there. Multiple times.
Here are 10 mistakes I made when it comes to monitoring, so you don’t have to repeat them 👇
🚨 1. No Monitoring at All
“It's just a side project, what could go wrong?”
→ Everything.
🔕 2. No Alerts
Monitoring without alerts is just… logging.
🎯 3. Monitoring the Wrong Things
I used to monitor the homepage, while the API was down for hours.
🌍 4. Not Monitoring External Dependencies
Your app might be fine.
But if Stripe, Supabase, or your auth provider is down — your users don’t care why.
🕶️ 5. No Public Status Page
When something breaks, users just see… silence.
No trust. No updates. Just frustration.
📉 6. No Historical Reporting
I had no idea if my “99.9% uptime” claim was even real.
No proof = no trust.
🧪 7. No Incident Communication
The downtime wasn’t the issue — the silence was.
People just want to know what’s going on.
🤯 8. Overcomplicating Everything
I spent hours configuring Prometheus, Grafana, scripts, exporters — when all I wanted was alerts and a clean status page.
💸 9. Paying Too Much
Some tools charged $40+/mo for basic uptime monitoring.
That’s more than I paid for hosting.
🧩 10. Using 4 Tools for 1 Problem
Monitoring, alerts, incident logs, reports, status page…
I had separate tools for each. Big mistake.
💡 The Fix: All-in-One, Simple Monitoring
I switched to Garmingo Status.
It gives me everything I need in one place:
✅ HTTP/Ping/Keyword/etc. monitoring
✅ Instant alerts (Slack, Email, etc.)
✅ Public status page
✅ Incident tracking
✅ Monthly SLA reports
✅ All that – with a forever free plan
👉 https://garmingo.com/status#free-demo
TL;DR:
Don’t wait for things to break before you think about monitoring.
Start small. Start now.
And for the love of uptime — don’t make these 10 mistakes 😅
Got your own horror story? I’d love to hear it 👇
