{"id":2672,"date":"2025-11-10T13:38:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:05:50","slug":"hardcover-uptimerobot-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/hardcover-uptimerobot-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: How Hardcover Is Building the Future of Book Discovery with UptimeRobot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At UptimeRobot, we love hearing how creators and founders use our tools to keep their projects running smoothly. This week, we\u2019re shining a light on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/hardcover.app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Hardcover.app<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a fast-growing, community-driven alternative to Goodreads that\u2019s helping readers connect, track their books, and share their literary journeys.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1336\" src=\"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-15.15.13-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Harcover.app homepage\" class=\"wp-image-2674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-15.15.13-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-15.15.13-300x157.webp 300w, https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-15.15.13-1024x534.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-15.15.13-768x401.webp 768w, https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-15.15.13-1536x801.webp 1536w, https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-15.15.13-2048x1069.webp 2048w, https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-15.15.13-1200x626.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-10-at-15.15.13-1980x1033.webp 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hardcover.app<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We caught up (async!) with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adamfortuna.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Adam Fortuna<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, founder of Hardcover, to talk about how the platform started, how it\u2019s scaling to tens of thousands of readers, and how UptimeRobot helps ensure everything stays online and reliable.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#00b672\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Tau (UptimeRobot)<\/mark>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hey Adam! We&#8217;re impressed with how you&#8217;re leveraging UptimeRobot for Hardcover.app&#8217;s community. Can you tell us what inspired you to start Hardcover.app in the first place?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Adam:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Back in 2021 Goodreads announced they were discontinuing their API. At the time I was using it to show what I was reading on my personal blog. I looked everywhere for a book tracking + book data site, but couldn&#8217;t find one, so I posted on the \/r\/cofounders subreddit looking for some other people to work with to build it. A few people joined, and within a few months, we had an MVP! We&#8217;re four years in now and have almost 50k members.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#00b672\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Tau<\/mark>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That\u2019s fantastic growth! How has UptimeRobot specifically helped your business and community?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Adam:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The main way it&#8217;s helping is through peace of mind. We haven&#8217;t historically had any alerts, so I&#8217;d hear about a problem when the site went down and I got notified by a user in our Discord. Now I have the widget on my phone to see the status for our different services in one place.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#00b672\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Tau<\/mark>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That\u2019s a key insight. For others building public status pages, what tips would you share?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Adam:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It needs to be discoverable. People won&#8217;t use something they don&#8217;t know exists. We&#8217;re adding our status page to the places where people are most likely to see it: in our footer, our developer documentation, and our error pages. This helps users discover it both proactively and reactively, whether they&#8217;re checking in or encountering an issue.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#00b672\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Tau<\/mark>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Have you faced any unique challenges scaling Hardcover.app, and how did you overcome them?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Adam:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Absolutely. We have a website, an iOS app, an Android app, and an API that allows users to do anything possible from the apps. Initially, the website and API were tightly coupled in how they scaled, which created bottlenecks. Recently, we split our API reads into hitting a follower database. That&#8217;s been amazing for isolating traffic and limiting its impact on website and app users, a crucial architectural win.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#00b672\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Tau<\/mark>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Excellent, that&#8217;s a real infrastructure strategy. Looking ahead, what innovations excite you most about Hardcover.app&#8217;s future?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Adam:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We&#8217;re working on a really fun project that combines Reddit&#8217;s Discussions, Facebook&#8217;s Groups, and Meetup&#8217;s Events, but with a focus on connecting people around books, both online and in person. After extensive user interviews, design prototypes, and feature spiking, we&#8217;re making solid progress. There&#8217;s a lot of moderation work still needed, but I&#8217;m genuinely excited to bring this to the book community. \ud83d\udcda<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Hardcover<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hardcover.app is an open, community-driven platform for book lovers. It helps readers track what they\u2019re reading, discover new titles, and connect with others who share their interests. Founded in 2021, Hardcover has grown to nearly 50,000 members who are redefining how books are shared and discussed online.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrap-up<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hardcover\u2019s story is a great example of how small teams can build big communities when they focus on reliability, transparency, and connection. 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