{"id":21549,"date":"2014-04-13T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T13:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=21549"},"modified":"2014-04-13T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T13:52:35","slug":"six-ways-to-make-your-production-logs-more-useful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/13\/six-ways-to-make-your-production-logs-more-useful\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Ways to Make Your Production Logs More Useful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Six Ways to Make Your Production Logs More Useful<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Log structured data in a readable format<\/li>\n
  2. Add a dash of color<\/li>\n
  3. Logs let your app communicate with you and your team<\/li>\n
  4. Seriously though, don’t put exception stack traces in your logs!<\/li>\n
  5. Log URLs for easy access to more context<\/li>\n
  6. Add emotional context to your logs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Most of these are somewhat expected, but I emotional context in logs was definitely new to me. I wonder why I’ve never even thought of this.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

    Six Ways to Make Your Production Logs More Useful Log structured data in a readable format Add a dash of color Logs let your app communicate with you and your team Seriously though, don’t put exception stack traces in your logs! Log URLs for easy access to more context Add emotional context to your logs … Continue reading Six Ways to Make Your Production Logs More Useful<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,133,62],"tags":[68,989],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-21549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-sysadmin","category-technology","tag-icons","tag-troubleshooting","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27036,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/02\/things-to-avoid-when-writing-application-logs\/","url_meta":{"origin":21549,"position":0},"title":"Things to avoid when writing application logs","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"DaedTech runs the blog post \"Avoid these Things When Logging from Your Application\". \u00a0It sounds trivial, but it's not. \u00a0There are quite a few good reminders for best logging practices. \u00a0Here's the summary list: Forgetting Context Cryptic Codes Spamming the Log File Unsafe Logging Calls Mixing Application Logic with Logging\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9112,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/06\/19\/watching-over-logs-in-kde\/","url_meta":{"origin":21549,"position":1},"title":"Watching over logs in KDE","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 19, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I know of a lot of people who enjoy having a terminal window with scrolling logs on their desktop. 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