Ed Welch joins Mat and Jon to discuss logging. They explore the different options for logging in Go, and discuss what data is worth including. Everything from log levels, formats, non-structured vs structured logs, along with common gotchas and good practices when dealing with logs at scale.

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• Ed Welch – GitHub, X
• Mat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X
• Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X

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