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.> Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products
Can you link the video?
yup sure : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs29i2TR7AE
Why not use ntfy.sh?
That said, ntfy.sh doesn't do SMS, so if you genuinely need to wake up at 3am for critical alerts, it's push notifications vs actual phone calls/texts. The main thing I'm going for is ease of usentfy.sh is great! But it requires: - Setting up a topic/channel - Installing their app on your phone - Subscribing to topics - Running a curl command or HTTP client console.text() is: npm install @holler2660/console-text console.text('thing happened');
is this cloud-friendly? or just us-based?
It's global! The SDK works anywhere, and you can receive SMS to any phone number worldwide.
interesting
btw - can't connect to any consoletext.dev domain - dashboard, docs, etc