Understanding Modern Log Formats

Imagine your application as a busy worker. How do you know what it's doing? That's where logs come in!

Logs are like a diary for your software. They record events, operations, and status messages as your application runs. They tell you:

• When something happened
• What action was performed
• If an error occurred

These records are crucial for debugging, monitoring performance, and understanding system behavior.

Historically, logs were often simple lines of text. Each event was written as a human-readable string.

For example, a login event might look like this:

This format is straightforward and easy for a human to read when looking at a few lines.