Alexander Neitzel
I am Co-Founder & CEO of Garmingo
Latest Posts
Facebook’s 2021 global outage disrupted billions. Here’s what happened, why internal tools failed, and how external monitoring with Garmingo Status helps you avoid going dark with them.
When AWS US‑East‑1 goes down, millions of apps fail. Here’s what happened, why it matters, and how monitoring with Garmingo Status can help you stay resilient.
A faulty update from CrowdStrike in July 2024 caused millions of Windows machines to crash. Learn what went wrong, why internal tools failed, and how monitoring with Garmingo Status avoid chaos
Google Cloud’s June 12, 2025 outage took down services worldwide. Here's what happened, why external monitoring matters, and how Garmingo Status fits into the reliability playbook.
Run your own private LLM-powered assistant with AnythingLLM. Here's how to host it yourself, manage documents, and monitor it 24/7 — no monthly bills.
Coolify lets you self-host your own PaaS, just like Heroku. Here’s how to deploy it, monitor it, and avoid monthly costs with a free lifetime plan.
SonarQube is a powerful tool to catch bugs, code smells, and vulnerabilities. Learn how to self-host it and keep it monitored 24/7 — without paying monthly.
PostgreSQL is one of the most powerful open-source databases. Here's how to install and secure it on your own server — and keep it monitored 24/7.
Uptime Kuma is a fantastic open-source monitoring tool — but it has limits. Here's how to self-host it, and why Garmingo Status might be the better fit for serious teams.
Want full control over your time tracking? Here’s how to self-host Kimai using Docker — and keep it online and reliable with smart monitoring in place.
Want full control over your app secrets? Here’s how to self-host Infisical — a modern, open-source secret manager — and monitor it for maximum reliability.
Learn how to install and secure MySQL and phpMyAdmin on a fresh Ubuntu server — and keep them running reliably with uptime monitoring at the end.
Looking to run your own scheduling platform? Here's how to self-host Cal.com with Docker on Ubuntu — and make sure it's always running with uptime monitoring at the end.
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The worst time to build a status page is during your first outage. Here's why every serious app should have one — and how to set it up before it’s too late
Need a status page fast? Here's how you can launch a fully branded, real-time status page for your app or service — without touching a single line of code
If you're only monitoring your app, you're probably blind to half your stack. Here's how to track everything from DNS to email to external APIs — without drowning in tools.
Think status pages are just for downtime? Think again. Here are 5 creative ways to use your status page that go way beyond incident alerts.
I used to think monitoring was just about getting alerts. Turns out, I was wrong — multiple times. Here are 10 mistakes I made that cost me downtime, users, and sleep.
Everyone loves 99.9% uptime… until they realize it means almost 9 hours of downtime per year. Here's how to measure, monitor, and communicate availability like a pro.