How This All Started
Every great project starts with a solid plan…
This one started with snow, bad luck, and two developers who had nothing better to do.
A Snowstorm, a Sleepover, and a Bad Idea
Chapter 1
It was just Armando & Tim.
A gaming room. A Minecraft server. And a snowstorm so bad that Tim literally could not go home.
No trains. No buses. No "I'll just leave later".
He was stuck.
"Well… let's build something."
"We just need a website"
Chapter 2
We were running a Minecraft server. Not just "press play and hope" — no, no: Proxy, Lobby, Multiple backend servers, All the usual admin headaches.
We needed a website. Easy, right?
"Shouldn't we also have a status page?"
Because let's be honest: Server admins need status pages. Yes, even for Minecraft. Especially for Minecraft.
"Let's look at existing tools"
Chapter 3
So we checked out other monitoring and status page tools. And immediately started asking questions...
The Problems We Found
- •"Maintenance that still pings the service"
- •"Everything green when it's obviously broken"
- •"Tools that feel like they're lying to users"
- •"Missing basic features"
- •"12 workarounds for one basic thing"
"This is annoying. Let's build our own."
It completely escalated
Chapter 4
What was supposed to be:
"Just a simple status page"
Turned into:
"Okay but what if it also did real monitoring?"
Then the feature list exploded:
- Multiple monitor types
- Real maintenance logic
- Incident handling that affects status
- Groups that reflect real impact
- No fake green dots
- No nonsense
Testing Strategy
We spun up two absolutely terrible test servers. They existed for one purpose: Breaking things.
We broke them. We fixed them. We broke them again. We broke them harder.
The "Wait a second…" moment
Chapter 5
Somewhere between yet another test incident, yet another maintenance toggle, yet another coffee… we stopped and realized something terrifying:
"This… is actually good."
Not just "works for us" good. But "why does this not exist already?" good.
"If we want this… Other admins definitely want this too."
From Minecraft to… everything
Chapter 6
What started as:
- ❄️ A snowstorm
- 🛋️ A sleepover
- 🎮 A Minecraft server
Turned into:
- 🚀 A full status & monitoring platform
- 👥 Designed by people who actually run servers
- 🛠️ Built by people tired of half-working tools
Real monitoring
Real states
Real logic
Real control
The Philosophy
What we believe
We didn't set out to "disrupt the market". We just wanted a status page that:
- Makes sense
- Tells the truth
- Treats admins like adults
- Doesn't hide problems behind green circles
So we built the tool we always wanted.
And here we are
The present
What started with snow and boredom became something much bigger.
And honestly? If Tim hadn't been stuck because of that snowstorm… This probably wouldn't exist.
So yeah — thanks, winter ❄️😉
Welcome to ATStatus