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Healthchecks.io

A long-running monitoring service moved to self-hosted object storage to keep infrastructure simple.

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First seen:2026-04-17

Last seen:2026-04-17

Sightings:1

Source:blog.healthchecks.io

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What it is

A long-running monitoring service moved to self-hosted object storage to keep infrastructure simple.

Why developers recommend it

The discussion highlighted a pragmatic, low-drama backend choice that other self-hosters can copy.

Hacker News evidence

2026-04-17

Users called Healthchecks.io fantastic, praised the one-person two-drive rsync setup, and pointed to Garage and Versity S3 as viable self-hosted storage options.

Healthchecks.io now uses self-hosted object storage

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