
I built a free Datadog alternative for Node.js here's what the dashboard looks like
Last month I shared a 1-line observability middleware for Express and Fastify. It logged requests to your console - method, route, status, latency. Since then, I've added a lot : Auto DB profiling (patches pg, mysql2, mongoose, prisma, knex, sequelize, ioredis, better-sqlite3) A free cloud dashboard at apilens.rest Per-query execution times with masked SQL N+1 query detection Geographic insights + bot detection Real-time live request tailing Here's what it looks like. The Dashboard Overview - KPIs + charts at a glance Total requests, error rate, P95 latency, request volume over time, status distribution, method breakdown - all updating in real-time. Request Log - every request, fully expanded Click any request to see the full details: trace ID, IP, user agent, and every database query that request made - with masked SQL, source library, and individual execution times. Database Performance - catch N+1 queries See which routes make the most DB calls, find your slowest queries, and spot N
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