Lien Chueh

Hey everyone,
I m currently building a small SaaS product, and I started thinking seriously about monitoring.
Most tools (Datadog, New Relic, etc.) feel built for larger teams.
Powerful, yes but also complex and expensive.
So I m curious:
What do you actually monitor in your small or solo SaaS?
Do you track uptime only?
Do you track latency?
Do you rely on logs?
At what point does monitoring start feeling like overkill?
I m trying to understand what is truly essential vs. what is just enterprise noise .
Not selling anything just genuinely curious how other indie builders approach this.
Would love to hear your setups.

When I was preparing for my launch last week, I spent an exorbitant amount of time trying to figure out if there was a correlation between how well a launch performed and how impactful I found their images to be...
Long story short, it all comes down to the power of your network BUT though there are launch guides out there on how to "get the most votes" or "get product of the X", I found it hard to find guides that detailed how to create effective visuals for one's Product Hunt launch.
I didn't want the hours I spent snipping screenshots to go to waste... so I made a guide in hopes that others may find it useful as well. If you have other tips that you found helpful, please share them below :)
DISCLAIMER: I'm not stating I'm a PH launch expert nor am I a design expert. This is an opinionated guide and what I believe as "effective" visuals may not be true for others.

A question almost every founder asks before launch:

When do I need to submit my product if I want to launch on a specific day?