diff --git a/bin/status b/bin/status
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..113f678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/status
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# intended usage: watch -n 60 bin/status
+
+DBNAME="github"
+
+echo "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM repos" | psql "$DBNAME"
+echo "\\l+ ${DBNAME}" | psql "$DBNAME"
+du -sh cache/
+zgrep -i --color=auto "'X-RateLimit-Remaining'" cache/$(ls -t cache/ | head -n 4 | tail -n 1)