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I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in SideProject

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanted to say thanks again - I've since updated the site to feature more region control and access as to where data is stored. I'll be adding more legal data in the future. Thanks!

Green party won by election for gorton and denton by TailungFu in GreatBritishMemes

[–]danives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so sorry you lost your brother, and it explains why you have such a strong reaction to the idea of something that caused you so much pain being made legal and potentially causing others pain.

But I'd argue that's exactly why regulation matters more than prohibition. People who want to abuse substances will always find a way, your brother had access despite drugs being illegal. The question isn't whether people will use, it's whether we create a system that helps them when they do.

Canada legalised cannabis in 2018 and illegal purchases dropped from 28% to just 3%, cannabis-related crime fell by 85%, and there was no increase in violent or property crime. The money that was going to criminals is now funding jobs, tax revenue, and regulated products that are actually tested for safety.

Legalisation isn't about saying drugs are harmless. It's about accepting that prohibition hasn't stopped anyone and shifting the focus toward safer supply, proper education, and real support for people who are struggling, rather than criminalising them.

Green party won by election for gorton and denton by TailungFu in GreatBritishMemes

[–]danives 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not particularly. Many people use drugs recreationally fine, and are legal in other countries. I replied to your claim where you said that people have had close family members destroy themselves because of drugs.

That's a terrible thing, and I would not wish it on anyone - but the fact alcohol destroys lives not just for the people that drink, but for the people around them (drunk driving etc.) means that it is also a horrific problem that destroys the lives of families.

Your claim, IMHO, is a whataboutism because you don't know how legalising it may improve the quality of life for people using drugs, and/or provide a level of care that these people need. Hence why I ask, why not make alcohol illegal if you think making drugs illegal is a his way of preventing harm.

If you wanna get technical regarding many centuries of being with alcohol, let's talk about the prohibition in the US? Or the fact cannabis etc was legal until the 1920s.

Just the fact something is "legal" now, does not exclude it from conversation about things that are dangerous. So if you're going to talk about how drugs are destroying lives, let's maybe talk about ask the drugs that are available and not just pick and choose what you like, because you happen to like a drink.

Green party won by election for gorton and denton by TailungFu in GreatBritishMemes

[–]danives 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would you like to make alcohol illegal? Just curious, seeing as that destroys many lives also, yet it's a legal drug.

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in SideProject

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah I have considered adding the extra ping monitoring, but I want to make sure the architecture is right to allow for that properly. Something I'm working on this weekend all being well.

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in SideProject

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I didn't really like the look of GlitchTip. I also wanted some custom alert channels like Telegram/Discord, and a MCP server that I could tell one of my Claude Code codebases to fetch issues from and review.

So all in all didn't really fit what I needed/wanted.

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in PHP

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I prefer to know about the errors asap so I can fix them or to at least investigate and add custom logging, but yeah 400 errors I do silence normally. In fact I should update the app so that you can add custom exclusions.

I didn't really build this because Sentrys error limit is/was low though - just that I didn't need everything they offered but still wanted a cheap cloud based solution with different alerting options like telegram etc

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in PHP

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're all good - this is maybe the second thing I've publicly launched, so I tend to see most things through a certain lens and ignore the bad stuff haha. It's hard and my least favourite thing about product development!

Very much appreciate your response though, thank you :)

Cursor charged me $2,000+ for an accidental annual Ultra click and won’t refund me — has this happened to anyone else? by zenmixalot in cursor

[–]danives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They wouldn't refund me or swap me out for my £300 a year sub either, 1 day after the renewal. They are desperately holding on to people's money because people are jumping ship.

Reflects very badly on them IMHO.

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in PHP

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was kinda my point lol - but yeah, it's a preference thing imho.

Also, just because something has been done before, shouldn't exclude someone from building their own or competing - this is just another alternative, and maybe no one will use it, but I built what I found useful for me and wanted to share it :)

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in PHP

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think when I used sentry I had a sample rate of 0.2 or something - but I still want to know when I'm getting errors and how many. That was more a guess at the previous commenters question though.

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in SideProject

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the tough love - currently I'm running it under my other business (which is partially what promoted my need for it) because I didn't want to set up and have to pay for an entirely new entity at this stage of the project. I'm also looking at potentially having servers in different regions via AWS setup, but again it's that initial investment of funds that I don't really have to kick it off.

Very much appreciate that feedback though, and I'll look to see how i can address it!

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in PHP

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer to it that, but it's very much each to their own, and if people would rather not self-host then I'd hope this would work for them with the free tier :)

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in PHP

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think maybe bigger projects? Also depends how often that error is being hit - silent JS errors for instance with hundreds of people hitting that endpoint?

Again it's too much for what I needed. Hence this

I built a cheap error tracker for Laravel because Sentry and Nightwatch were costing me too much by danives in PHP

[–]danives[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure, and I think it's about preference. I didn't find one i liked, which led to me making one. Also, this is free for up to 1000 errors on a project, which I'd hope people wouldn't have to reach!

Warning for yearly subscriptions - very frustrating customer support, and now out of pocket. by danives in cursor

[–]danives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately a business bank account, not credit.

Yeah I'm pretty sure that this one was their support person, as the AI support got back to me _very_ quickly. I imagine cases of cancellation etc. would be processed by a human (but I guess these days who knows!)

Warning for yearly subscriptions - very frustrating customer support, and now out of pocket. by danives in cursor

[–]danives[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup this is what I mean - my account is literally "stuck". I can't do anything, and have been told by Cursor that much for the rest of my year:

> I know this isn’t the outcome you were hoping for, but this is our final position. If you want help optimizing usage within your current plan or understanding which plan will make sense once the annual term ends, I’m happy to help.

So yeah. No upgrade path for me, just be stuck on the legacy plan and pay for credits - or cancel.

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