Observability for small teams

Logs, metrics, and traces at indie scale — enough signal without an enterprise bill.

Published 2025-10-07 · Updated 2026-06-10 · 10 min read

Log with correlation IDs

One request id across frontend error reports and backend logs turns mysteries into timelines.

Alert on user pain

Alert on error rate and latency, not vanity CPU charts. Wake up for customers, not noise.

Privacy

Scrub PII from logs. Observability should not become a second database of secrets.

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