Doyouok is an agent-free heartbeat monitoring service that tracks whether cron jobs, scheduled tasks, and workflows (n8n, Zapier, Make) are running as expected by receiving periodic check-ins via a simple curl request. Users create checks, configure intervals, and receive instant alerts when jobs stop checking in, with a free tier offering 5 checks and pricing starting at $3/month.
Confectionery is a lightweight, single-file build configuration system for customizable applications that depends only on make. It supports two usage methods: building custom configurations via #ifdef directives and Makefiles, or using preset files to streamline setup. Installation and usage follow standard make conventions with configure scripts, make, make check, and make install commands.
A developer working on steve, a system-wide jobserver for Gentoo, discusses common bugs and design flaws in jobserver client implementations discovered since November 2025. Key issues include clients failing to release tokens on errors or signals, inadequate error handling in tools like GCC, and overzealous file type checks that prevent compatibility with alternative jobserver implementations using character devices or FUSE.