Console.text() – SMS alerts when code executes

  Hey HN! I built console.text() - a tool that texts you when specific code paths execute in production.

  The idea came from Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products. I'd been stuck in tutorial hell for months, so I decided to just ship something.

  What it does:

    npm install @holler2660/console-text

    const { init } =  require("@holler2660/console-text");
    init({ apiKey: 'ct_live_xxx' });

    console.text('Payment failed', { userId: '123' });
    // → SMS arrives in 5-10 seconds

  Try it: https://soorajdmg.github.io/Console-text/

  Why this vs Sentry/PagerDuty?

  Those are great for teams. This is for solo devs and side projects who want dead-simple alerts without the setup overhead. If you know console.log(), you already know how to use it.

5 points | by Noel04 1 day ago

4 comments

  • Gooblebrai 1 day ago
    > Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products

    Can you link the video?

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  • nicbou 17 hours ago
    Why not use ntfy.sh?
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    • Noel04 12 hours ago 

        ntfy.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');
      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 use
  • pestatije 1 day ago
    is this cloud-friendly? or just us-based?
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    • Noel04 1 day ago
      It's global! The SDK works anywhere, and you can receive SMS to any phone number worldwide.
  • davydm 1 day ago
    interesting

    btw - can't connect to any consoletext.dev domain - dashboard, docs, etc

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