We open-sourced a platform which saved us $10,000

Description and use

Putmein automated DevOps monitoring and remediation, preventing costly downtime and saving about $10,000.

Problem

Small dev teams struggle with fragmented DevOps tasks, server misconfigurations, and security vulnerabilities, leading to costly downtime and maintenance overhead.

Outcome

Putmein automated monitoring and remediation, preventing a potential remote code execution and server conflict that could have caused government website downtime, thereby saving the team approximately $10,000 in avoided costs.

Workflow

• Identify recurring deployment and security pain points
• Design Putmein with three components: Ray (GUI), Cohen (TUI), Brain (backend)
• Develop and iterate over 10 months using strict SDLC
• Deploy Putmein via install scripts on target servers
• Configure Putmein to monitor Next.js applications and detect CVEs
• Respond to alerts and automatically block exploitation attempts
• Rollback server to previous state when conflicts occur
• Maintain and update Putmein in beta
• Share open‑source repo and documentation

Evidence

We spent like straight 5 hours, digging what went wrong and fixing it. Finally we fixed it by reverting the whole server to a state where it was before we deployed our application.

Source

Next.js publically announced there is a CVE in React Server Components (RSC) and we had to act quick.

Source