It all started with the need to track the performance of a client’s application, which was awfully slow at the time. I wanted to be able to quantify the improvement of the changes I had in mind, in terms of response time.
I also wanted to play with a number of exciting techs, including
, ’s timeseries database, Go and Python, to learn and practice a maximum.
So I started coding, and went up with HowFast after a few days:
The main features are:
- response time tracking: see the evolution over the last 7 days
- downtime detection: with a ping every minute, get notified instantly of any issue with your application
It is available at https://www.howfast.tech/ and anybody can sign up for free using a Slack account. Monitors (tracked URLs) can be shared with teams, allowing for a more efficient tracking experience.
Many new features will come, so stay tuned!