About this talk
This talk covers the importance of structured application logging in modern web applications, highlighting its value for debugging during development and monitoring in production. The speaker discusses fundamental logging concepts, including various libraries and tools, while outlining how to develop an effective logging strategy. Key questions addressed include what to log, logging levels, the extent of logging, and retention of historical logs. In the latter part of the session, the speaker explores logs as a stream of events and demonstrates how to utilize Logstash and Kibana to gain insights from application logs.
