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.

6 points | by Noel04 2 days ago

6 comments

  • vunderba 18 hours ago
    This 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.

  • Jeremy1026 20 hours ago
    It seems like my carrier is blocking the messages. The console says it was delivered, but my phone isn't getting anything.
  • Gooblebrai 2 days ago
    > Jason Goodison's YouTube video about micro-SaaS products

    Can you link the video?

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  • nicbou 1 day ago
    Why not use ntfy.sh?
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    • Noel04 1 day 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
  • davydm 2 days ago
    interesting

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

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  • pestatije 2 days ago
    is this cloud-friendly? or just us-based?
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    • Noel04 2 days ago
      It's global! The SDK works anywhere, and you can receive SMS to any phone number worldwide.