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Ask HN: A simple logging cloud SasS – is this a good idea?

by adrianvincent on 5/27/22, 7:17 PM with 2 comments

My idea is a very simple logging SaaS, where you can submit a log by simply make a POST request with your message. The message can be text or JSON.

You will be able to view and search your logs on our website. Everything is managed.

That's it. It doesn't assume anything - the only information we receive is the message you send in the POST request. You can add optional labels, log levels etc.

There are a lot of advanced logging services out there, but I have not found something simple like this.

I've made a prototype which I use for my own projects. It's so much easier compared to logging to disk and using command line tools like grep and awk to search through txt files.

Would anyone be interested in using something like this?

  • by FairDune on 5/29/22, 8:10 PM

    If the POST request fails, the log is lost. Any failures will also affect ordering of log items.
  • by verdverm on 5/27/22, 9:01 PM

    Why would I want to use this over my cloud providers or the several open source stacks commonly used?