Infrastructure

Logs

Logs are the running written record of what a system did and when, produced automatically as it happens. Every page load, error, login, and failed payment can leave a line stamped with the exact time. Logs are deeply boring right up until something breaks, at which point they are the only account of what actually occurred.

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