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From SMS Chaos to Slack Sanity: Rethinking Alert Distribution

Picture this: You wake up Monday morning, reach for your phone, and find 47 unread SMS alerts from the weekend. Database connection timeout. API response slow. Memory usage high. Service restart completed. Database connection restored. API response normal. Memory usage normal. And on it goes—a relentless stream of fragmented notifications that tell a story, but only if you’re willing to piece together the digital breadcrumbs like some kind of forensic investigator.