2 Telebugs philosophy

Telebugs adheres strictly to its guiding principles, which emphasize simplicity, security, and user control in error tracking. This approach addresses common challenges in modern software tools, where SaaS providers often impose escalating costs for basic functionality.

At the heart of Telebugs lies a simple idea: error tracking should be straightforward, secure, and entirely under your control. The Telebugs philosophy shapes every aspect of it, from its design to its deployment, ensuring it empowers developers without getting in their way.

Telebugs pillars

Telebugs is built on the following pillars.

I: Less is more

Error tracking shouldn’t require complex setups or steep learning curves. Telebugs is deliberately designed to be simple. Simple to install, simple to use, and simple to maintain. The less is more principle is reflected at each level of Telebugs.

II: Be boring

The goal of Telebugs is not to impress you — it’s to perform reliably. Why? Because reliable tools quietly do the job without fanfare. Have you ever been excited about cd’ing into a directory? That’s the level of dependability Telebugs aims to achieve.

III: Own your data

Software giants try to scare you into thinking that as soon as you save a file on disk, it evaporates the next instant unless it’s replicated, backed up, and prayed upon. This is true. To some degree. And that degree is what they disproportionately exploit and artificially inflate. Yes, you need to do backups, but it’s not as scary or complex as it seems. You can do it without a sysadmin.

IV: Freedom to scale

You don’t need Kubernetes to run Telebugs (although some Telebugs users still do it). You can start on the cheapest Hetzner VPS and scale up your instance as you go. Telebugs won’t scale infinitely, but it will cover the majority of your needs for the entire lifecycle of most indie and medium business projects.

V: Finished software

Telebugs strives to become finished software. Imagine if cd required an account? Atrocious. How could it even end up like that? Well, that’s what inevitably happens with all software. It grows and grows indefinitely, adding more features (asked for or not), and once the board realizes there’s not much left to add, they might even allow you to cd with a guest account. This is not Telebugs.