do you feel like that when reading logs?
I hope not, but I agree that most system logs are just crap …
I always rejected people asking me to analyze their NT Servers, I do not even know how Bill Gates could make so much money with such crappy logs – you need a greek language course to understand and then what you get is an error code which, when you find it somewhere, leads you to analyze three other related error codes …
jeeeee! who accept that to work with needs a shrink helping you out of desperation constantly …
logs have to be clear and readable, they should provide a meaningful state of the runtime process and throw an comprehensible error out when it happens
our Metro Framework solves that problem right at the root:
– timestamp in local time
– line number included
– function or method declared
– a short and clear message
a short example:
[20-Jun-2026 05:35:08 Brazil/East] HCC L719 distroset NEW transient set
[20-Jun-2026 05:40:10 Brazil/East] HCC L832 Next Schedule for file upgrade UTC 20/06/26 09:40
[20-Jun-2026 06:45:11 Brazil/East] HCC L719 distroset NEW transient set
[20-Jun-2026 07:03:31 Brazil/East] MM L3928 not AJAX, not MAPPER, UI Launch or Refresh got user_id from cookie: $2y$99$1.b
[20-Jun-2026 07:03:31 Brazil/East] MM L3974 fetch got POSITIVE unstealth response
[20-Jun-2026 07:03:32 Brazil/East] MM L4056 FOLDER List update: 0 [0 = ok, no new entries or N = number of new entries]
[20-Jun-2026 07:03:32 Brazil/East] MM L3649 Del Imap Msgs: 6/6 moved to Trash and 2 old msgs removed from Trash
[20-Jun-2026 07:03:32 Brazil/East] MM L4180 fetched msgs: Inbox – 1
[20-Jun-2026 07:03:32 Brazil/East] MM L4180 fetched msgs: Sent – 0
[20-Jun-2026 07:03:32 Brazil/East] MM L4180 fetched msgs: Trash – 8
[20-Jun-2026 07:03:33 Brazil/East] NEW pass1: hakka_mmail,3af4c7,131.177.117.104,1
logs also should have log levels, not that retarded 1-2-3-4-5 level crap, something like BASIC, SYSTEM, AUTH, DB, ALL – nobody needs a translation for that, the adm just selects the desired log level and that’s it
how does he know? also easy, BASIC is the always on log level, soon an error appears, which alos should be as clear as the above snippet, he already knows where the error came from and in the second he can activate the relevant log level, next second he can see those log entries, and their second he already can fix the problem
no cheat sheets, no greek course, no pain, just clean and fast error diagnosis and solving and so being always ahead of the poor log-decoder-gang …
and that’s not a paid premium plugin or other kind of jerky business, it is how we code and how we care about system admins and so it is part of our Metro Framework
hope you can enjoy it one day, you’re always welcome
if you have question please use out Instant Ticket System not only to experiment it, but to get the answers you are looking for
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