Why we made Semonto and who we are.
Creating a website and server monitoring service for anyone.
Our story
In 2006, I started a side project with some friends. It was a cool web app idea we had. During its development, our hosting was done by a web hosting provider. We noticed that quite often, our web app was unreachable due to problems at the hosting provider. So I wrote a tool to perform periodical tests on the web app and to save the results. These results were processed every month to establish an overview and convert them into uptime reports.
This tool evolved into Semonto, our Server Monitoring Tool. Based on the same concept, we continued to develop and extend the functionalities. Along the way, we added custom tests, custom alert notifications and SSL validation. We also needed to find a way to monitor non-web servers, which resulted in the creation of PulseChecks.
The team grew as well: it started with one developer, with help from a designer. Today, I lead Semonto from Coding Mammoth, supported by trusted collaborators, our private beta program, and ambassadors who help us continuously improve Semonto with valuable feedback.
Jelle De Laender
Meet the founder
Jelle De Laender
Jelle founded Coding Mammoth in 2007, to work on his own ideas and projects like Semonto, QuickScale, MijnLijn and more. He also helps other companies to reach their objectives and goals, like Sketch. In his spare time, he is also interested in security research, AWS cloud hosting, macro photography, running, 3D printing and more. Get in touch with him!