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Working on a new Java logging tool. I'm basically yak shaving, really. Was unhappy with the existing solutions for a new project I'm working on. Depending on how it goes and how the customer feels about it, I'll try to open source it.


Do you mean like a library, alternative to log4j2 or some sort of frontend tool to view logs?


Something of an alternative to log4j, yes. On every project I've worked on, the vast majority of logs are useless. They're either too verbose, or not verbose enough. It's never clear who they're meant for. Log levels are very hard to get right. Is this really a warning? Or an error? Should someone do something? And when?

So I'm experimenting with ways of making it easier to write useful logs.




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