Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting
Detect and diagnose incidents quickly with useful telemetry.
Recommended approach
- Structure logs with consistent context fields.
- Track metrics for latency, error rates, queue depth, and business-critical flows.
- Alert on user-impacting symptoms, not only infrastructure signals.
Alternatives and when to choose them
- Minimal monitoring for prototypes and short-lived experiments.
- Full observability stack for production systems with strict SLAs/SLOs.
Implementation checklist
- Add request IDs and trace IDs end-to-end.
- Define severity and ownership for alerts.
- Run incident drills for critical flows.
Common pitfalls
- High-volume low-signal alerts causing alert fatigue.
- Missing dashboards for domain metrics (payments, signup funnel, etc.).