Logs Saved My Career (But Only After They Made Me Cry)

Hey backend warriors, Let’s talk about something unsexy but utterly life-saving: logs. If you’re anything like younger me, you probably thought: “Eh, logs are just there to debug stuff. I’ll sprinkle a few console.log()s and call it a day." Well, my friends, let me tell you about the night I stared into the abyss... and the abyss stared back, completely logless.

Apr 26, 2025 - 08:11
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Logs Saved My Career (But Only After They Made Me Cry)

Hey backend warriors,

Let’s talk about something unsexy but utterly life-saving: logs.

If you’re anything like younger me, you probably thought:

“Eh, logs are just there to debug stuff. I’ll sprinkle a few console.log()s and call it a day."

Well, my friends, let me tell you about the night I stared into the abyss... and the abyss stared back, completely logless.