The whole setup will still cost $0/month.
> The solution to this is well known - two monitoring systems in physically separate locations that monitor each other as well as mission critical systems. Nagios, Icinga, and a dozen other well-tested solutions work remarkably well for these roles, yet people keep writing "new" solutions over and over and over.
Because not everyone needs heavy solutions to do something simple. Side projects, small sites, etc. And some people enjoy implementing old use cases using new technology. When Go was rising in popularity, half the posts on the front page were re-implementing fairly common features in Go.
Even if you're not going to implement this yourself, there can still be some value for other readers.
