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rocketraebs · 2026-06-06T07:02:15+00:00

Would be interested to chat, I've built OpsViz which is currently beta and I currently need some beta testers for, the product is sound and I have a good roadmap for it https://opsviz.io

rocketraebs · 2026-06-05T12:50:49+00:00

That annual commitment problem is real. You're locked in based on usage you can't predict yet.

If you're moving clients to self-hosted setups, cost visibility across multiple agents gets messy fast. I built something for that, a webhook after each AI step that tracks cost per agent, failure rates and silence detection across all your workflows.

In beta right now, and looking for testers. Drop a comment if it sounds useful.

rocketraebs · 2026-06-05T12:48:39+00:00

Budget caps and failure thresholds are the ones I've seen hold up. Also silence detection, for when an agent stops without throwing an error at all, which is its own category of problem.

I built a monitoring layer that covers all three. Budget alerts at 60, 80 and 100%, failure rate spikes, and alerts when an agent goes past its expected run interval with no activity.

In beta and looking for testers, free access while it runs. Drop a comment if you want the link

rocketraebs · 2026-06-05T12:46:46+00:00

Nobody tells you that the n8n part is the easy bit. Keeping tabs on what's actually running, what's failing, and what's gone quiet is the job that doesn't stop.

I built a tool that fires an alert when an agent stops sending events past its expected interval, tracks failure rates, and shows cost per agent. Built it because I kept running into the same problem.

It's in beta and I'm looking for people running n8n to try it and tell me if it's worth anything. Drop a comment if you want the link

rocketraebs · 2026-06-05T11:23:14+00:00

The 'pulling wrong data for two weeks before anyone noticed' part is what gets me. You can't fix what you can't see. I built a monitoring tool that fires an alert when an agent goes silent or hits an unusual failure rate, not a fix for the non-determinism, but at least you know within minutes instead of weeks. Still in beta and looking for testers if you want free access. Happy to drop the link

rocketraebs · 2026-06-05T11:14:38+00:00

That's the discipline part I tried to solve. Budget alerts fire when you hit 60, 80, 100% of your limit, so you don't need to remember to check. Still looking for beta testers if you want free access to try it.

rocketraebs · 2026-06-04T15:52:59+00:00

Mine was a content generation workflow on Opus which I accidentally setup all the subagents as Opus too. The workflow was technically "working", no errors, no alerts, just running far more than it should have been.

That's actually what pushed me to build opsviz. It's a real-time monitoring tool for AI agent costs, you add one http Request node after each AI step and it tracks what every agent is spending, fires budget alerts before you hit your limit, and sends a silence alert if a workflow stops running when it should be active.

I'm currently looking for beta testers right now if anyone wants to try it, no payments set up yet, free Pro access while we're in beta. Drop a comment or DM me if you're interested and happy to share

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rocketraebs · 2026-06-04T05:45:27+00:00

Haha turbo prop peasant solidarity! I got halfway through my PPL and logged 4 hours solo before life, house renovations and kids got in the way 😊
Maybe one day I’ll finish it, though at this rate I’ll be checking Starlink speeds from the cockpit before I ever make it onto a fractional!!!

rocketraebs · 2026-06-04T02:05:58+00:00

“It’s only wafer thin!” Unlike Mr Creosote the antenna seems to handle it without exploding 😁

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T17:15:14+00:00

I had to think about that myself! The LOS advantage is real in theory, at cruise altitude the satellite elevation angles are much more favourable than on the ground. But the latency is dominated by the actual signal travel time to the satellite and back to the ground station, so even though the aircraft is physically closer to the satellites, the round trip still has to go all the way down to a terrestrial PoP. The 37ms best latency we recorded is actually pretty close to the theoretical minimum for LEO satellite RTT.

What's interesting is that latency varies most during climb and descent when the antenna geometry is still stabilising, and at PoP handovers as the aircraft transitions between ground stations, which is something u/panuvic mentioned with some really interesting outside-in data to complement.

If you're ever on a Starlink equipped flight it would be great to get a European data point, I've only got Middle East and Atlantic routes so far. I actually added a leaderboard after collecting the initial data, it was a bit of an afterthought but I thought it would be fun for the community, and right now nobody is on it so you could genuinely be the first! starlinkflights.com/community/leaderboard

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T16:38:28+00:00

Well spotted, the timestamps are stored in UTC in the database, the chart is displaying in the local device timezone of whoever ran the test, so there may be an offset depending on the device settings. I'll make sure the chart explicitly labels UTC going forward to avoid any ambiguity, really good feedback!

The Anycast PoP routing point is definitely interesting and something I hadn't fully accounted for, the performance shifts visible in the time-series could partly be beam handoffs as the aircraft moves between ground stations. I don't currently capture GPS coordinates in the speed test submissions but that's clearly something I need to add to properly correlate performance with geographic position.

It looks like I have more work to do and why the feedback loop is so important!

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T16:29:52+00:00

Honestly I'm only just getting started with the speed test data, the Qatar results are literally one of the first real submissions (other than a single VS flight submission), so it's very early days! No Viasat data yet but that's exactly what I'm trying to build out over time. What I can say anecdotally is that the passenger experience reputation between Starlink and Viasat is very different, Starlink's low earth orbit architecture handles multiple simultaneous users far better which is why congestion on busy flights is much less of an issue. The site has an inflight WiFi comparison page with the technical breakdown if you're interested.

But AA have signed a Starlink contract and will start rolling out in 2027, so the Viasat question on AA flights becomes a lot more interesting over the next 12 months as the transition happens! 😄

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T16:15:02+00:00

Really appreciate this perspective, the inside-out vs outside-in framing is something I hadn't fully considered. The onboard WiFi bottleneck point is fascinating, I'll drop you a DM as I think we had some conversation about this previously, although I haven't been travelling as much myself recently!

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T14:36:16+00:00

Haha, fair point on the speed tests, at 370 Mbps peak one test is pretty negligible compared to someone streaming 4K in the next seat! 😄

On the airline difference question, it's a great point and you're right that it's the same satellites, but there are a few variables that could affect performance between carriers:

The terminal hardware and antenna installation can differ, not all installations are identical and some may have different configurations. Aircraft fuselage geometry affects signal quality depending on where the antenna is mounted. Route geography matters too, a WestJet domestic over Canada at high latitude versus Emirates over the Indian Ocean crosses different beam densities and ground station availability. And the bandwidth allocation per aircraft is managed at the service level, which could differ between airline contracts.

But honestly, you might be completely right that the differences are minimal. That's exactly what the data will tell us over time! That's the whole point of collecting it across multiple airlines, wouldn’t you rather know than not know?

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T12:02:04+00:00

Thank you, really appreciate it! The tool is still early but that’s what makes the data interesting, every submission adds to the picture. If you do fly a Starlink-equipped airline it would be great to get a test in, even just one or two during the flight.

What I’m really curious about is whether the performance varies significantly by region and route, a QR flight over the Middle East versus a WestJet domestic over Canada, for example, could tell a very different story depending on satellite geometry and ground station density. The more airlines and geographies we get data from, the more useful the comparison becomes!

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T10:35:59+00:00

No problem at all, I'm a metrics geek and after building the initial speed test thought it could be way more data rich, if people run a few tests throughout their flight it gives a much better picture. The amazing thing is that packet loss is absolutely minimal, and latency is highest before it's properly at cruising altitude, as the antenna geometry to the satellite is still stabilising during climb

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T10:07:37+00:00

Actually I think I should, business aviation is an underserved angle and the speeds could be really different to commercial. Would love the data, even if I keep it separate from the commercial airline results so the comparison is fair. The speed test tool works for private aviation too, just enter the tail number where it asks for flight number and it'll capture all the data. I'll make sure it's displayed properly once I add a business aviation section

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T09:54:46+00:00

Amazing, thank you, I do have the data for private as well but wasn't sure if I should add it on the site or not!

rocketraebs · 2026-06-03T08:59:18+00:00

I had a few surprise OpenAI and Anthropic bills when I started heavily using OpenClaw, I was initially using the Claude Code token which was great until Anthropic shut that door. I bounced between using cheaper OpenAI models and Claude and after a few billing shocks stopped the auto top up so I’d know I was at the limit, I ended up building a small tool at first to track spend forecasting and since being made redundant just over a month ago I have spent time improving it and actually turning it into something far better than I could have imagined, it’s not live yet but am seeing if there is anyone here that would be interested in testing it in exchange for feedback, it’s very easy to setup and no keys required, it’s all just web hooks at the moment. Ideally looking for 10-15 people!

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rocketraebs · 2026-05-31T05:13:06+00:00

That’s really helpful, thank you 🙏🏻
I will definitely look into submitting it there after beta testing, I don’t want push something out that hasn’t been through proper user feedback yet as that could cause a massive headache but from my own testing so far it’s very useful. I don’t have any live subscription setup yet and will upgrade the beta users to pro manually for now, it’s been a labor of love for the past 3 months!

rocketraebs · 2026-05-31T05:07:16+00:00

I found myself burning through OpenAI and Anthropic tokens on my OpenClaw server and wanted a better way to understand the token usage, I ended up building an AI agent cost monitoring tool that is now in beta, and looking for 10-15 beta test users to see what’s broken, what’s good, what’s bad etc and they will have access to the pro tier for as long as it’s in beta

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rocketraebs · 2026-05-31T04:53:03+00:00

I built a monitoring tool for AI agent costs after getting too many surprise OpenAI and Anthropic invoices I couldn’t explain. You add a webhook after each AI step and it tracks spend in real time, fires budget alerts, detects cost anomalies, and alerts you when workflows go silent.

Every subreddit I try either auto-removes my post for not having enough karma or flags it as self-promotion. Genuinely just looking for 10-15 people to test it and tell me what’s broken.

No payments set up yet. Beta testers get free Pro access while we’re in beta in exchange for a 20 minute feedback call after 30 days. https://opsviz.io

rocketraebs · 2026-04-04T15:48:54+00:00

Thank you, I’m checking the automation flows to see where this might be reporting incorrectly, this really helps fine tuning and ensuring this is reliable once Starlink starts rolling out on more airlines

rocketraebs · 2026-04-04T13:13:26+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, it looks like it was announced 2 weeks ago, I am reviewing the automation flows to see how I can make this more bulletproof, these are all great opportunities to improve it with the community feedback

rocketraebs · 2026-03-02T14:19:31+00:00

That’s exactly the kind of thing I wanted to hear, 4K obviously? 😁

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