When and what should I be logging?

Modern observability platforms like Sentry provide developers with a range of tools to monitor applications, but the text emphasizes starting with targeted log lines for effective debugging and information gathering. It suggests logging important runtime decisions, feature behavior, audit events, and context around errors to understand application behavior and user experiences. Structured logs are recommended over plain-text for their utility in debugging and integration with logging platforms, while avoiding logging sensitive information or unnecessary data blobs due to potential risks and costs. The article shares practical logging examples from a project to illustrate these practices and offers tools like Sentry's logging skill to help developers implement structured logging efficiently.

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