Console.text() – SMS alerts when code executes
Hey HN! I built console.text() - a tool that texts you when specific code paths execute in production.
The idea came from Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products. I'd been stuck in tutorial hell for months, so I decided to just ship something.
What it does:
npm install @holler2660/console-text
const { init } = require("@holler2660/console-text");
init({ apiKey: 'ct_live_xxx' });
console.text('Payment failed', { userId: '123' });
// → SMS arrives in 5-10 seconds
Try it: https://soorajdmg.github.io/Console-text/
Why this vs Sentry/PagerDuty?
Those are great for teams. This is for solo devs and side projects who want dead-simple alerts without the setup overhead. If you know console.log(), you already know how to use it.This is a pretty crowded space (Vonage, Clicksend, TopMessage, etc). They all provide very simple SMS sending libraries for JavaScript.
The biggest problem you’re going to have going forward is establishing trust over existing platforms.
It seems like my carrier is blocking the messages. The console says it was delivered, but my phone isn't getting anything.
> Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products
Can you link the video?
yup sure : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs29i2TR7AE
Why not use ntfy.sh?
That said, ntfy.sh doesn't do SMS, so if you genuinely need to wake up at 3am for critical alerts, it's push notifications vs actual phone calls/texts. The main thing I'm going for is ease of usentfy.sh is great! But it requires: - Setting up a topic/channel - Installing their app on your phone - Subscribing to topics - Running a curl command or HTTP client console.text() is: npm install @holler2660/console-text console.text('thing happened');
interesting
btw - can't connect to any consoletext.dev domain - dashboard, docs, etc
is this cloud-friendly? or just us-based?
It's global! The SDK works anywhere, and you can receive SMS to any phone number worldwide.