The ProdFix Blog

Payment failures are inevitable. Here's how to handle them gracefully and turn a failed charge into a retained customer.

When you go from bootstrapped to funded, your monitoring needs change. Here's what to upgrade and when.

Bad deploys happen. Having a rollback strategy means the difference between a 2-minute fix and a 2-hour incident.

Logs are your last line of defense. Here's what to log, what not to log, and how to make logs actually useful.

Data loss kills SaaS companies faster than anything. Here's the minimal setup that protects customer data.

Health check endpoints power your uptime monitoring and deployment safety checks. Here's how to implement them right.

npm packages introduce vulnerabilities automatically. Here's how to monitor and respond to dependency issues.

Transactional emails silently fail more than you think. Here's how to monitor deliverability and catch failures fast.

Bad caching introduces subtle bugs that are hard to reproduce. Here's the right caching strategy for small SaaS.

GDPR is required if you have EU users. Here's the minimal viable compliance setup for solo founders.

The complete MVP checklist for indie hackers: what to include, what to skip, and the monitoring you can't launch without.

Running multiple micro-SaaS products? Here's how to monitor all of them affordably.

Automate the maintenance work so you can focus on building. The tools and setup that run your portfolio on autopilot.

The exact infrastructure stack that takes a bootstrapped SaaS from zero to $10k MRR for under $50/month.

Building in public means sharing failures too. Here's how to be transparent about bugs and outages without scaring users.

When your tweet goes viral, you have minutes to respond to what breaks. Here's the technical prep that makes it survivable.

Third-party API rate limits kill indie SaaS products. Here's how to handle them before they become incidents.

When your side project becomes your main income, your technical requirements change. Here's what to upgrade and when.

Most indie SaaS will never need to scale their database beyond these simple steps. Here's the practical guide.

Weekend projects accumulate technical debt fast. Here's how to manage it before it breaks your users' trust.

You don't need sub-second page loads. You need fast enough. Here's the performance budget that maximizes retention.

Mixing no-code tools with custom code creates blind spots. Here's how to monitor hybrid stacks effectively.

Show HN brings sharp-eyed technical users. Here's the technical prep that makes your Show HN survive the scrutiny.

Webhooks silently fail more than any other integration. Here's how to monitor them and never miss a Stripe event.