Console.text() – SMS alerts when code executes
6 points by Noel04 4 days ago | 12 comments
- vunderba 2 days agoThis is a pretty crowded space (Vonage, Clicksend, TopMessage, etc). They all provide very simple SMS sending libraries for JavaScript.
The biggest problem you’re going to have going forward is establishing trust over existing platforms.
[-]- Noel04 1 day agoYou’re absolutely right, SMS itself is commoditized, and there are many solid providers. Console.text() isn’t trying to compete as “yet another SMS API”. The focus is on developer ergonomics and intent, not transport: one-line, code-level alerts (console.text("error")) built for early-stage teams that don’t want to wire PagerDuty / Datadog yet
- Jeremy1026 2 days agoIt seems like my carrier is blocking the messages. The console says it was delivered, but my phone isn't getting anything.[-]
- Noel04 1 day ago“Delivered” at the API level means the message was accepted by the downstream carrier / aggregator, not that it necessarily reached the handset. In some regions and carriers, especially for A2P traffic, messages can be filtered or silently dropped after that point. we’re actively working on: clearer delivery state distinctions (accepted vs handset-delivered) fallback routing where possible better guidance on sender IDs and content patterns that reduce filtering
If you’re open to it, sharing the country, carrier, and message type (transactional vs promo) helps us dig deeper.
[-]- Jeremy1026 9 hours agoUSA, T-Mobile, message was "Error Detected"
- Gooblebrai 4 days ago> Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products
Can you link the video?
[-]- Noel04 4 days agoyup sure : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs29i2TR7AE
- nicbou 3 days agoWhy not use ntfy.sh?[-]
- Noel04 3 days ago
That said, ntfy.sh doesn't do SMS, so if you genuinely need to wake up at 3am for critical alerts, it's push notifications vs actual phone calls/texts. The main thing I'm going for is ease of usentfy.sh is great! But it requires: - Setting up a topic/channel - Installing their app on your phone - Subscribing to topics - Running a curl command or HTTP client console.text() is: npm install @holler2660/console-text console.text('thing happened');