https://octomon.dev/blog/ Notes on building octomon. en https://octomon.dev/blog/is-it-my-network-or-fortnite/ https://octomon.dev/blog/is-it-my-network-or-fortnite/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lag has two suspects, your connection and the game's servers. Here is how to use octomon to work out which one it is, in about the time it takes to respawn. https://octomon.dev/blog/filtered-is-not-down/ https://octomon.dev/blog/filtered-is-not-down/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT My Windows VM in Azure drops every ping. This taught me the difference between a network that is dead and one that is merely picky. Then I asked what happens when the web itself is the thing being filtered, and finally made octomon take IPv6 seriously. https://octomon.dev/blog/plane-wifi-is-not-broken/ https://octomon.dev/blog/plane-wifi-is-not-broken/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 200 ms is a red flag at your desk and a good day at 38,000 feet. A connectivity monitor that cannot tell the difference is one you learn to ignore, including on the day it is right. https://octomon.dev/blog/why-i-built-octomon/ https://octomon.dev/blog/why-i-built-octomon/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every time my Internet connection wavered, ping, traceroute and btop each gave me a glimpse of the problem and never the answer. So I built octomon.