Ask HN: app reliability resources?

by ericlamb89 on 1/5/2021, 1:00:24 AM with 1 comments
Hi! I'm looking for resources or ideas on the best ways to track app reliability (primarily for B2B web apps). I'm not even sure if "reliability" is what I'm looking for, but I want to understand how frequently a user is able to use my app without running into a problem and track over time.

  • by vosper on 1/5/2021, 1:26:50 AM

    There are lots of options in this space - tools like LogRocket can record a whole user session, capture all the interactions and errors, and let you watch a replay in order to see how the error came about, and what the user did afterwards. We use it at work (also a B2B web app, no affiliation with LogRocket) and it's a very useful too.

    You have plenty of other options - Rollbar and Sentry come to mind, though I've never used either, but have heard good things about both.

    Lastly, if you have back-end monitoring already then you might want to see if that solution has a front-end integration. Datadog does, for example (also a Datadog customer, but again no affiliation with them). Warning: Datadog is powerful but can be a bit overwhelming with features, I probably wouldn't start there if you just want some front-end error tracking.

    https://logrocket.com

    https://rollbar.com/

    https://sentry.io/welcome/

    https://datadog.com