Live status badges for your side projects — embed anywhere
https://www.pulseboard.haseeb.work
Show IH PulseBoard also generates live status badges. Paste the URL anywhere — it updates automatically based on real-time uptime checks.
Badge • API • GitHub README
like this
https://www.pulseboard.haseeb.work/api/status/87a14fa3-f67c-4e7b-9dac-c133ba88fde5/badge.svg
Live status badges that auto-update from real uptime checks is a nice, low-friction way to add credibility to a README or landing page — way better than a static "99.9% uptime" claim nobody can verify. The "paste the URL anywhere" part is the smart bit too, since it means zero embed code or setup friction for someone who just wants proof their API/service is actually up.
Question on the mechanics: how often do you actually ping/check status under the hood, and does the badge cache at all? Curious how you're balancing "real-time" against not hammering people's endpoints with constant checks, especially if a lot of people paste the same badge into public READMEs and get regular traffic on it.
Hey first sorry for the late reply next to your question
The badge endpoint uses the last recorded check instead of performing a new one. The monitoring happens independently according to the user-defined interval (1, 5, 10, 30, or 60 minutes). The badge is light for now, although cache/CDN support might be added later as the badge will be included in more projects.