If you plan to send logs from a mobile app or a javascript frontend app, we created a tool called Bugfender (https://bugfender.com) that will help you. You can use it for free up to 100K logs and then we have paid plans to fit almost any budget. For server logs, there are a lot of tools that will help you.
I wouldn't recommend you to create your own service, might look easy at the beginning but it ends up being very complex (this is how we started Bugfender, creating a tool for ourselves but it get more and more complex).
I'm one of the rosters that does devops for the SaaS products. What's important is to plan ahead any time you will be off so any co-worker can be there when you are not there. It's very strange that all devops guys are out at the same time. In case of a retreat we always look for reliable internet connection and we always bring our computers with us.
For the live-reloads there are a few options. We use gin (https://github.com/codegangsta/gin) in some projects and it works nicely but for projects with a lot of files/folders it doesn't work that well. Another option we have tried is CompilerDaemon (https://github.com/githubnemo/CompileDaemon) and it also works quite nicely but has the same problem when you have a lot of files/folders.
So, I agree with you that this is something that should be improved to make our development easier.
At Bugfender we are doing a complete redesign of our site and company image. One of the things we want to change is the logo, so as we really appreciate people opinions we have "open sourced" the logo selection.
Based on our experience after developing a lot of apps we have collected some tips on how you can get better reviews on the AppStore. Any other suggestion will be welcome.
We have created this tool because we weren't able to find an easy an quick solution to create deep links that open the content in mobile apps.
Our main goal is to allow marketers to send emails or share content with links that goes to the mobile apps instead of the web. It's a site similar to bit.ly or goo.gl but thought for deep links, but you can even user for normal links.
Most of our customers know how to use Google Hangouts or in case they don't, we teach them how to use it. We usually take care of setting everything up and the just share a link with them so they can join the call.
But you are right, sometimes Hangouts doesn't work as good as it should, so we use Skype as backup or even Hipchat for internal calls.
Most of our customers know how to use Google Hangouts or in case they don't, we teach them how to use it. We usually take care of setting everything up and the just share a link with them so they can join the call.
But you are right, sometimes Hangouts doesn't work as good as it should, so we use Skype as backup or even Hipchat for internal calls.