The alert philosophy for solo founders
You can't watch a dashboard all day. Alerts should pull you into action when something matters — not spam you with noise. The goal: zero false positives, zero missed real incidents.
Alert 1: New error type
Trigger: an error class appears in production that hasn't been seen before. This is almost always caused by a recent deploy. You want to know immediately.
Alert 2: Error rate spike
Trigger: error rate increases 3x compared to the same time yesterday. This catches bugs that suddenly affect many users, even if the error type isn't new.
Alert 3: Critical path errors
Trigger: any error on your signup, login, or payment routes. These are the highest-value user flows — even one error matters.
Alert 4: Performance regression
Trigger: LCP exceeds 4s for more than 10% of sessions. Performance regressions can happen after deploys and silently kill conversions.
What NOT to alert on
Don't alert on every single error — you'll tune it out. Don't alert on browser extension errors (these are noise from third-party code you don't control). Don't alert on bot traffic.
Setting up in ProdFix
ProdFix alert configuration is in Settings → Alerts. You can configure email, Slack webhook, or custom webhook. Set up alert 1 and 2 as a minimum — takes 2 minutes.
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