CerbiStream – Bringing Governance to the Wild West of Logging

Hi everyone, I’m excited to share deeper insights into CerbiStream — a free logging framework built for .NET that’s designed to solve persistent challenges faced by growing companies, decoupled teams, contracting organizations, and industries under strict regulations like HIPAA and GDPR. While CerbiStream is currently optimized for .NET, plans are already underway to extend support to other popular frameworks. Why Governance in Logging Matters Logging today is often the wild west of modern systems. Many organizations suffer from: Inconsistent Logging Developers working across multiple services use varied logging approaches, leading to confusing and unstructured log outputs. Unpredictable Data Without enforced structure, you never know what data will be captured—making troubleshooting and traceability challenging. Compliance and Security Challenges For industries dealing with sensitive data, inconsistent logging can lead to major compliance issues and security risks. Having held roles across several companies and industries, I saw how these issues resulted in operational headaches and wasted time. That's why I built CerbiStream — to enforce governance in logging from the ground up. What Makes CerbiStream Different CerbiStream isn’t just another logging library. It is engineered with a governance-first mindset while ensuring integration with modern observability tools. Decoupled Logging Pipeline CerbiStream sends logs through queues — supporting RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus, AWS SQS, and GCP Pub/Sub — offloading processing to downstream systems like Application Insights and others. This ensures minimal latency and maximum durability. Governance-First Approach With built-in compile-time analyzers and runtime validators, every log entry must include the required metadata (e.g., UserId, IPAddress). This simplifies troubleshooting and helps meet strict audit and compliance standards. Performance Optimized Using BenchmarkDotNet, local benchmarks were run comparing CerbiStream to Serilog, NLog, and Log4Net. CerbiStream consistently matched or exceeded their performance — while offering governance and queue-first routing as a bonus. Flexible and Developer-Friendly In development mode, rapid iteration is effortless. Production mode supports telemetry and governance seamlessly. CerbiStream’s intuitive API enables quick integration, even for decentralized or remote teams. Built for .NET — and Beyond CerbiStream is currently focused on .NET, but we’re actively working to support other frameworks like Node.js, Python, and Java, making cross-platform structured logging with governance a reality. The Need for a Unified, Governed Logging Approach For growing companies — especially those with distributed teams or contractors — consistent logging is critical. CerbiStream guarantees that every log entry follows strict governance rules, helping: Reduce production troubleshooting time Strengthen security and compliance postures Enable consistent audit trails Standardize developer logging practices across teams Let’s Drive the Conversation Forward I’d love to hear your feedback on: API Clarity — Is the CerbiStream API intuitive enough for your team? Compliance & Governance — Would enforced log structure simplify your audit/security processes? Feature Enhancements — What would make CerbiStream even more powerful for your use case? Enterprise Integration — Would a governance dashboard like CerbiShield (coming soon!) revolutionize how you handle log auditing? Try It Free CerbiStream is completely free on NuGet. You can check out the full source code on GitHub: CerbiStream GitHub Repo Additionally, to add governance add: CerbiStream.GovernanceAnalyzer Feel free to drop your comments or questions below. Whether you're working on a tightly regulated enterprise app or just want clean, consistent logs across services — your feedback will help shape the future of CerbiStream. Let’s redefine logging together.

Apr 10, 2025 - 18:10

CerbiStream – Bringing Governance to the Wild West of Logging

Hi everyone,

I’m excited to share deeper insights into CerbiStream — a free logging framework built for .NET that’s designed to solve persistent challenges faced by growing companies, decoupled teams, contracting organizations, and industries under strict regulations like HIPAA and GDPR. While CerbiStream is currently optimized for .NET, plans are already underway to extend support to other popular frameworks.

Why Governance in Logging Matters

Logging today is often the wild west of modern systems. Many organizations suffer from:

Inconsistent Logging

Developers working across multiple services use varied logging approaches, leading to confusing and unstructured log outputs.
Unpredictable Data

Without enforced structure, you never know what data will be captured—making troubleshooting and traceability challenging.
Compliance and Security Challenges

For industries dealing with sensitive data, inconsistent logging can lead to major compliance issues and security risks.

Having held roles across several companies and industries, I saw how these issues resulted in operational headaches and wasted time. That's why I built CerbiStream — to enforce governance in logging from the ground up.

What Makes CerbiStream Different

CerbiStream isn’t just another logging library. It is engineered with a governance-first mindset while ensuring integration with modern observability tools.

Decoupled Logging Pipeline

CerbiStream sends logs through queues — supporting RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus, AWS SQS, and GCP Pub/Sub — offloading processing to downstream systems like Application Insights and others. This ensures minimal latency and maximum durability.

Governance-First Approach

With built-in compile-time analyzers and runtime validators, every log entry must include the required metadata (e.g., UserId, IPAddress). This simplifies troubleshooting and helps meet strict audit and compliance standards.

Performance Optimized

Using BenchmarkDotNet, local benchmarks were run comparing CerbiStream to Serilog, NLog, and Log4Net. CerbiStream consistently matched or exceeded their performance — while offering governance and queue-first routing as a bonus.

Flexible and Developer-Friendly

In development mode, rapid iteration is effortless. Production mode supports telemetry and governance seamlessly. CerbiStream’s intuitive API enables quick integration, even for decentralized or remote teams.

Built for .NET — and Beyond

CerbiStream is currently focused on .NET, but we’re actively working to support other frameworks like Node.js, Python, and Java, making cross-platform structured logging with governance a reality.

The Need for a Unified, Governed Logging Approach

For growing companies — especially those with distributed teams or contractors — consistent logging is critical. CerbiStream guarantees that every log entry follows strict governance rules, helping:

Reduce production troubleshooting time
Strengthen security and compliance postures
Enable consistent audit trails
Standardize developer logging practices across teams

Let’s Drive the Conversation Forward

I’d love to hear your feedback on:

API Clarity — Is the CerbiStream API intuitive enough for your team?
Compliance & Governance — Would enforced log structure simplify your audit/security processes?
Feature Enhancements — What would make CerbiStream even more powerful for your use case?
Enterprise Integration — Would a governance dashboard like CerbiShield (coming soon!) revolutionize how you handle log auditing?

Try It Free

CerbiStream is completely free on NuGet.

You can check out the full source code on GitHub: CerbiStream GitHub Repo

Additionally, to add governance add: CerbiStream.GovernanceAnalyzer

Feel free to drop your comments or questions below. Whether you're working on a tightly regulated enterprise app or just want clean, consistent logs across services — your feedback will help shape the future of CerbiStream.

Let’s redefine logging together.