Monitoring
How to Monitor Cron Jobs: A Guide to Heartbeat Monitoring
Cron jobs fail silently. How heartbeat (dead man's switch) monitoring catches them, with setup for crontab, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions and Vercel.
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Zvono TeamOn-call, alerting and monitoring guides
Practical guides on on-call scheduling, alert noise and heartbeat monitoring from the team building Zvono.
On-call
Opsgenie Alternatives in 2026: 8 Options Before the Shutdown
Opsgenie shuts down April 5, 2027. Compare 8 Opsgenie alternatives by pricing model, migration tooling, mobile apps, and fit for small teams.
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Rafay Abbasi
On-call
PTO-Aware On-Call Scheduling: How to Prevent Vacation Coverage Gaps
A practical guide to detecting PTO and on-call conflicts, arranging coverage, handling emergencies, and keeping rotations accurate before alerts fire.
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Rafay Abbasi
Alerting
Webhook Filtering: Stop Noise Before It Becomes an Alert
Not every webhook event deserves an alert. Here's how to use condition-based filtering to only create alerts that matter.
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Zvono Team
Monitoring
Uptime Monitoring Done Right: Intervals, Thresholds, and Grace Periods
Not all monitors need 30-second checks. Here's how to configure monitoring intervals, failure thresholds, and grace periods to reduce false positives.
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Zvono Team
On-call
The Startup Guide to Incident Response: What to Set Up Before Your First Outage
You don't need enterprise tooling to handle incidents well. Here's the minimum viable incident response setup for early-stage teams.
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Rafay Abbasi
Alerting
How to Run Incident Post-Mortems That Actually Prevent Repeat Failures
Most post-mortems end with action items that never get done. Here's how to attach RCAs to incidents and track follow-through.
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Zvono Team
On-call
On-Call Scheduling for Distributed Teams: Timezones, Handoffs, and Follow-the-Sun
Running on-call across timezones is hard. Here's how to set up follow-the-sun rotations, clean handoffs, and timezone-aware scheduling.
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Rafay Abbasi
Alerting
Slack Channel Listeners: Turn Conversations into Alerts Automatically
Your team already reports issues in Slack. Here's how to automatically turn keyword matches into tracked alerts without changing anyone's workflow.
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Zvono Team
Alerting
Alert Fatigue Is a Reliability Problem, Not a People Problem
When every alert screams for attention, none of them get it. Here's how alert grouping, quiet hours, and severity routing fix the noise.
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Rafay Abbasi
On-call
How to Run a Complete Incident Response Stack for Under $50/Month
Most teams pay $500-2,000/month for separate monitoring, on-call, and PTO tools. Here's how to build a complete incident response stack — uptime monitoring, on-call scheduling, multi-channel alerts, and time-off tracking — for under $50.
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