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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Would love some feedback from other Svelte / SvelteKit developers!

Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Full transparency: this is about 80% vibe-coded. I originally built it for personal use, but thought others might find it useful too.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

After being frustrated by the state of #Svelte DevTools, I decided to build my own. I think it turned out pretty well. It's inspired by #Vue DevTools and requires no browser extension. github.com/chrislentz/s...

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Recent SimplyMonitor.io progress: - Web: new Conditions page, reusable form components, UI polish + fixes - API: condition/condition-group model refactor + delete actions - API: query parameter cleanup (query-parameter → query) #buildinpublic #SaaS

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Nice, I love a good minimal blog! I have been wanting to stand one up myself for a while.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I am not sure what is getting more love in my feed the Checo / Bottas announcement or the Taylor Swift announcement. What a time to be alive! 😂

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Can you elaborate? I am playing around with this idea, but it is not clicking for me.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

One of the biggest things that drives me crazy about #SvelteKit is the lack of a single hook to intercept fetch—whether it’s server or client side. Would make life so much easier. #BuildInPublic #SimplyMonitor #Svelte

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Cursor’s Infrastructure Stack

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Can you explain more? How does Refund Saver work?

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Just finished building the mobile and desktop wireframe layouts in Balsamiq! Excited to start cranking out more wireframes over the next few weeks—first up: the monitors page. #SimplyMonitor #BuildInPublic #Balsamiq

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I really like it—super clean and well put together. The only feedback I’d offer is to add a pop of color to the “Send Invoice” CTA button. A warm tone like orange or gold/yellow could complement the blue really nicely and help it stand out.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

About 90% done converting SimplyMonitor from SvelteKit to Nuxt—pretty happy with the time it took! Should be back to building new features tomorrow night. #SimplyMonitor #BuildInPublic #Nuxt

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I want to intercept requests to inject an app specific header. I also want to intercept the response to globally catch 401s from my API and attempt a token refresh and retry of the request.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

To name a few: - The +page / +server naming conventions make it hard to jump files easily. - The lack of consistent framework wide hooks. Specifically, I was looking for a singular handleFetch hook that would work server side or client side. - Devtools

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I think that is a reasonable price and a fun idea! I showed this to my daughter and she loved it. She asked if you could change the colors because she wanted it too look like our black and white cat. Just wanted to share that piece of feedback.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I’ve decided to move from SvelteKit to Nuxt for the SimplyMonitor web app—made the call before I got too far in. I still think Svelte is the superior framework compared to Vue, but SvelteKit has some catching up to do compared to Nuxt and Next. #SimplyMonitor #BuildInPublic

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Is Chart.js still the go-to library for charting in web apps? I’ve used it in the past, but curious if anything newer is gaining traction these days. Would love to hear what others are using! #BuildInPublic #SimplyMonitor

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

You would get a lot of quality backlinks if you allowed the changelog page to be free tier.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I would recommend adding a free tier, maybe with some branding on the Changelog page and a limit of one entry per month. Set “remove branding,” unlimited entries, and email capabilities behind the pay wall.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I just checked out Chage, is that the product you are doing this challenge for? I was going to sign up, but is there no free tier?

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Very interested to see how this plays out.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

@peldi.bsky.social Really enjoyed your conversation on The Panel podcast! I was a huge fan of Balsamiq back when it was a desktop app, but haven’t explored the web version yet. I’d love to use it now as I build SimplyMonitor.io and share the journey along the way.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I loved the idea of a cohort or community for #buildinpublic / #startup founders that provides a community with people, sharing their expertise with other builders and the ability to apply for free access to tools that want to give back to the community.

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Razvan Muntian @razvanmuntian.com · 25/03/2025

I'm trying to separate webhook events for a single Stripe account. I have one Stripe account and multiple webhook listeners, each for a different product type. Has anyone encountered this issue? How do you handle it? #buildinpublic #engineering

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I was thinking 2 free orgs max since everyone gets a default one at signup, and they might also be invited to a free company org. But I agree—don’t solve problems that don’t exist yet. I’ll probably hold off and see how people actually use it. #SimplyMonitor #BuildInPublic

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Negative, I am building SimplyMonitor with Svelte 🙌 What is happening with NextJS?

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

SimplyMonitor will support multiple organizations per user, each with its own plan (including free). I’m worried people might abuse this to get around free tier limits. Thinking of limiting users to 2 free orgs max. Thoughts? #SimplyMonitor #BuildInPublic

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Agreed, Bluesky is 100x better than Twitter these days. I guess I just miss the early days when people would have real conversations about what they were building.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I wish. I post a lot, but comments are few and far between. I really want to find a strong #buildinpublic / #startup community to collect feedback and have in-depth conversations. But sadly, “build in public” has become “brag in public”.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Working on the web app layout and organization selector (design and high-level functionality) for SimplyMonitor.io. #SimplyMonitor #BuildInPublic

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Any specific efforts you’re attributing the increase to? #whatsyoursecret

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Dovydas @dovydass.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

When talking to your VC, remember the magic words: 'Thanks', 'Please' and 'Step off bitch, my road map is good' #startup #business #funny #joke #buildinpublic

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Been heads down on the #SimplyMonitor UI for a few hours tonight—finally at a point where I can share a preview of the main layout. Would love any feedback! #BuildInPublic

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I’ve been struggling with productivity lately, so I decided to shake things up and work from the excellent 24/7 work club, Switchyards, for my late-night sessions. Hoping the change of scenery helps me get back in the zone! #SimplyMonitor #BuildInPublic

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I enjoyed BORDERLINE and as much as I love Samara Weaving, the psycho French girl stole the show.

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Started working on the UI for #SimplyMonitor tonight! I have a long way to go, but the initial layout and OAuth 2.0 PKCE flows are coming together. Stack: SvelteKit, Kinde, Font Awesome, and Tailwind CSS. Excited to see it take shape! #BuildInPublic

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

This season opener has been absolutely mind-blowing! What a way to kick things off! #F1

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Tried Ngrok & Zrok paid tiers to let my AWS Lambda agents (running globally) communicate with my local dev env—no luck. But turns out, Tailscale (a tool I already love) handled it easily and for free using Funnels! Huge win. #SimplyMonitor #BuildInPublic #AWS #Tailscale

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 03/03/2025

Kieran Culkin with his first-ever #Oscar See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins25

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 03/03/2025

‘ANORA’ has won Best Original Screenplay at the #Oscars See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins25

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Haven’t had many updates on #SimplyMonitor the last few days—been heads down building the communication layer between the main backend and the agents running API monitors across different regions. Using #AWS #SQS to make it all work. Exciting progress! #BuildInPublic

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Chris Lentz @atlchris.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Late night grind, but I finally locked down the schema for one of the trickier parts of SimplyMonitor—conditions & assertions for monitors. Feels great to have this piece in place! Making solid progress. #SimplyMonitor #BuildInPublic

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