The ProdFix Blog

Going live without monitoring is flying blind. This checklist covers everything a solo founder needs to monitor before launching their SaaS.

Most bugs are discovered by users, not developers. Here's how to flip that ratio — catch issues within minutes, before they reach your paying customers.

The complete pre-launch checklist for solo founder SaaS in 2025. Covers monitoring, security, performance, legal, and the things most founders forget.

You're a solo founder. You don't have a DevOps team, an SRE, or an on-call rotation. Here's how to get enterprise-level observability without the enterprise overhead.

"It works on my machine." The most frustrating debugging situation in software. Here's how to actually fix bugs you can't reproduce locally.

Silent bugs — errors users hit without reporting — are one of the biggest drivers of SaaS churn. Here's how to find and fix them.

Not every monitoring tool is built for bootstrapped SaaS. Here's what you actually need at different stages — and what's overkill until you have the budget.

A production incident when you're solo is terrifying. Here's a battle-tested process for diagnosing and resolving incidents fast, alone.

Launch day is high stakes. Here's what to watch in your error monitoring during a Product Hunt launch — and how to react fast when something breaks.

Good alerts are the difference between catching a bug in 5 minutes and finding out about it from an angry user. Here's how to configure alerts as a solo founder.

Most solo founders don't have a staging environment. Here's how to debug production issues safely and effectively when you're shipping directly to prod.

Sentry is the industry standard for error tracking — but it's built for teams. Here are 5 lighter alternatives for solo founders and small projects.

The complete technology stack for solo founders in 2025 — from hosting to payments to monitoring. Chosen for speed and solo operability.

The minimal technical setup you need to go from zero to $1k MRR as a solo founder. No over-engineering, just what works.

Going from 100 to 1000 users breaks things you never anticipated. Here's what fails and how to prepare.

As a solo founder doing customer success yourself, error monitoring gives you the data to be proactive. Here's the playbook.

Concrete numbers on how error monitoring pays for itself through reduced churn and faster bug fixes.

Being on-call solo means smart alerting, fast tooling, and the right escalation path. Here's the strategy.

Observability sounds complex but it's simple: know what's happening in your app at all times. Here's the beginner's guide.

Most support tickets are bug reports. Fix the bugs before users file tickets and watch support volume drop.

After every launch, run this post-mortem. Covers technical failures, errors caught, fixes made, and what to do next time.

Use error rates, bug frequency, and monitoring data to make the hire/don't hire decision with data, not feelings.

Database decisions made early compound. Here's what solo founders get wrong and what saves them when traffic grows.

Uptime monitoring for solo founders doesn't need to cost $200/month. Here's what you actually need.