[logs] ugliest application logs ever?

Mark Poepping poepping at cmu.edu
Thu Jan 24 16:51:34 PST 2008


Maybe distinguish 'ugly' from 'useless'?  There are a great many ugly log
entries that certainly could not be called useless.

Musing...
 . a log entry is useless when those who could benefit from it don't know it
exists or can't get to it;
 . a log entry is less than useless when it has tokens but no information
 . a log entry is ugly when it has redundant information, uses big words for
small ideas, or can't be parsed easily;
 . a log entry is stupid when it tries to tell someone who doesn't care,
something they can't possibly understand or do anything about.

Mark.



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