Hey HN! I built console.text() - a tool that texts you when specific code paths execute in production.
The idea came from Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products. I'd been stuck in tutorial hell for months, so I decided to just ship something.
What it does:
npm install @holler2660/console-text
const { init } = require("@holler2660/console-text");
init({ apiKey: 'ct_live_xxx' });
console.text('Payment failed', { userId: '123' });
// → SMS arrives in 5-10 seconds
Try it: https://soorajdmg.github.io/Console-text/
Why this vs Sentry/PagerDuty?
Those are great for teams. This is for solo devs and side projects who want dead-simple alerts without the setup overhead. If you know console.log(), you already know how to use it.
The biggest problem you’re going to have going forward is establishing trust over existing platforms.
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