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Kollner

-3 karma · joined February 3, 2009

Danish guy living and working in Kiev, Ukraine. Involved in IT-outsourcing, expat, startup and developer communities. Founder of micro-isv http://www.convert.io
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Kollner··on Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring
Scripting. I am not quite sure what you mean by that, but please make it simple. Pingdoms custom checks are simple because site owners just need to make an endpoint that prints out an xml snippet.

Fx. I have a service here: http://api.convert.io/realtime.svc/pingdom/queue-length which prints out: <pingdom_http_custom_check><status>OK</status><response_time>2</response_time></pingdom_http_custom_check>

How about you offer the same, but add a few more check types. One with the status/response time and another with just a single number.

<nimbu_http_custom_check><check_value>2</check_value></nimbu_http_custom_check>

Kollner··on Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring
I am a Pingdom customer and I think the thing that could make me shift is an enhanced form of custom check - like what Pingdom has today but better.

In my setup I made a public service where external tools can retrieve some realtime stats like current number of users, queue lengths, number of jobs processing etc. Pingdom uses this service in different custom checks and it kinda works, but I can't use the stats or graphs for anything. Not all checks should be described in a status code and response time - a simple number would be great. Make graphs with that and allow users to set a threshold for when alerts should be sent.

Another thing missing is support for basic authentication.

As others have noted your front page is not really getting the message through.

Kollner··on Ask HN: Please review my startup. theBuzz.at
I'd like to see a feature where people could at photos from those buzzed locations. Integrate with twitter, facebook etc.
Kollner··on Ask HN: Please review my startup. theBuzz.at
I wanted to add a couple of nightclubs in my town (Kiev, Ukraine) but I was limited to London?
Kollner··on Ask HN: Where do you go for adhoc/freelance design resource?
I used http://www.crowdspring.com/ with success.
Kollner··on Would You Stand on Short Flights if It Meant Cheaper Fares?
That is just completely out of the question. And I won't have people standing up next to me either.
Kollner··on Pirate Party 3rd Largest Political Party in Sweden
Generally Swedes are political ignorants, which to some degree is caused by having a (socialist) oppressive media that denies debate about sensitive issues. Instead of discussing something real people turn to completely ridiculous (but safe) topics like gender equality, de-constructing the "idea" of sexes and now copy right laws.

So actually, I don't think I am exaggerating. Of course I don't know for sure, but my predication is that by 2025 calls for creation of an islamic state on swedish ground will be a reality. Armed conflict will follow in sweden and other parts of europe.

Copyright laws? Who gives a fuck. Buy your music and videos in iTunes store and focus on something real.

Kollner··on [dead]
The article is in Finnish, not Swedish.
Kollner··on Ask HN: How old were you when you got your first computer?
11. Commodore +4.
Kollner··on Pirate Party 3rd Largest Political Party in Sweden
Christ. They have a country falling apart under the burdens of mass immigration. Ppl who even consider voting for those morons would have to be complete idiots.