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Logging

Recording timestamped discrete event outputs emitted by software applications during runtime.

Definition

Recording timestamped discrete event outputs emitted by software applications during runtime.

Use case

Searching Winston or Datadog log streams for stack traces after a user reports a 500 server error.

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Logs

12 Factor · Article · link checked 2026-10-16

Why apps should stream logs as events, in a few short paragraphs.

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