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Understand the fundamentals of uptime monitoring, when to use different approaches, and best practices for reliable systems.

Concepts

What is uptime monitoring?

Why monitoring matters and how it protects your users.

Synthetic vs real user monitoring

When to use probes vs actual user data.

Monitoring as Code

Why version-controlled monitoring config improves reliability.

API monitoring

Beyond uptime — response validation and latency tracking.

Best practices

Choosing check frequency

Balance detection speed against cost and noise.

Reducing false positives

Multi-region checks, confirmation windows, and smart assertions.

Monitoring microservices

Service health, inter-service communication, and aggregate status.

Monitoring third-party APIs

Detect upstream outages before your users do.

Start monitoring with DevHelm

Quickstart

Create your first monitor in under 5 minutes.

Monitoring overview

DevHelm monitor types, regions, and assertions.