Logging sucks | Hacker News

kept by eddie dec 22, 25

Structured, high-cardinality logs with consistent schemas and correlation IDs improve debugging over traditional unstructured logs in distributed systems.

Bring Back Ops Pride (xpost) – charity.wtf
Operations should be reclaimed as a term of pride, not a synonym for toil, because it is a vital and difficult engineering function distinct from product development.
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Software as Wiki, Mutable Software - exe.dev blog
A link shortener called Slinky uses an 'Edit with Shelley' button to let an AI agent modify and extend the software's code in real time, treating the app like a mutable wiki.
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MCP Server | AppSignal
AppSignal's MCP server integrates with AI coding tools to deliver real-time performance insights, error tracking, and debugging support directly within developers' editors.
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Report: Why Developers Use LLMs to Write Blog Posts
A survey of 181 developers finds that 40% of those who always use LLMs to write blog posts never wrote before, while 72% of LLM draft users perform substantial editing and only 13% feel the output captures their voice.
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My iPhone 16 Pro Max produces garbage output when running MLX LLMs
An iPhone 16 Pro Max produces garbage output when running MLX LLMs due to a hardware defect in the Neural Engine, while an iPhone 15 Pro runs the same code correctly.
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