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Practical knowledge about statuspages, monitoring, GDPR and self-hosting. From the basics to best practices.

Monitoring

Cron Job Monitoring: Heartbeat Monitoring in Practice

Monitor cron jobs with heartbeat monitoring: how the dead man's switch works, typical failure modes and best practices for cron, systemd and Kubernetes.

12 min read 2026-07-03
Comparison

The Best Statuspage Tools in 2026: A Detailed Comparison

The best statuspage tools in 2026 compared: LIVCK, Atlassian, Better Stack, Instatus, UptimeRobot & more — features, pricing, self-hosting, data privacy.

14 min read 2026-06-24
Incident Management

Incident Management: Process, Roles and Communication

Incident management explained: lifecycle, severity levels, roles, escalation, post-mortems and metrics like MTTR — plus professional incident communication.

13 min read 2026-06-24
Monitoring

Uptime Monitoring: Fundamentals, Check Types and Choosing the Right Tool

Uptime monitoring explained: check types (HTTP, TCP, heartbeat), intervals, alerting and how to choose a tool — including self-hosting and GDPR.

13 min read 2026-06-24
Availability

Uptime Percentage Explained: What Does 99.9% Really Mean?

What does 99.9% uptime mean? Downtime table from 99% to 99.999%, the formula to calculate availability and the difference between SLA, SLO and SLI.

10 min read 2026-06-24
Data Privacy

GDPR & Statuspage — Data Privacy, Cloud Act & European Alternatives

Why GDPR matters for statuspages, what risks US providers pose, and how self-hosting and European data centers solve the problem.

12 min read 2026-02-25
Self-Hosting

Self-Hosted Statuspage — Why, How and Which Solution?

Self-hosted vs. cloud statuspage: benefits, requirements, Docker setup and comparison with open-source alternatives like Uptime Kuma and CachetHQ.

11 min read 2026-02-25
Best Practices

Statuspage Best Practices — Transparency, Design & Incident Communication

The most important best practices for statuspages: transparent communication, proper incident management, professional design and monitoring integration.

11 min read 2026-02-25
Fundamentals

What Is a Statuspage? — Definition, Benefits & Best Practices

What is a statuspage, why do you need one, and what makes a good statuspage? Everything about features, use cases, and why transparency builds trust.

10 min read 2026-02-25