Hourly Metrics Guard

Help indie developers collect and query time-series metrics at ultra-low cost, avoiding cloud bill explosions

Problem

A developer asks how to handle large-scale time-series metrics without high costs, having tried multiple databases but struggling to balance cost, overhead, and scalability. Many small projects abandon self-hosted analytics due to cost.

Solution

A lightweight time-series metric collection and query service built on SQLite or DuckDB, with automatic downsampling and retention policies. Users embed a light SDK to write and query metrics via simple API, no database cluster management.

Users

Indie developers, small SaaS, personal project developers

MVP

Provide lightweight SDK (multi-language); local or edge storage based on DuckDB; automatic downsampling and retention policies; simple query API and basic dashboard; one-click deploy to edge platforms (e.g., Cloudflare Workers)

Revenue

Open-source core, paid hosted version with usage-based pricing, or one-time purchase for self-hosted

Why now

Edge computing and embedded databases mature, lowering self-hosting costs; developers are sensitive to cloud bills; indie developers can build and validate quickly