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These articles connect event design with the wider investigation workflow. Read the structured logging guide first if you are choosing fields or writing a schema. Continue to the signals comparison when you need to decide whether a question belongs in a log, a metric, or a trace. Together they provide a practical foundation for the more specialized audio, AI, sensor, and logfile guides.
Log Mic is the starting point for purposeful logging. Decide what you need to understand, give each event a clear shape, and make the record useful to the next person investigating a problem. Visit the Log Mic topic guide for the starting questions, a short checklist, and the scope of this collection.
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Use logs for event detail, metrics for measured behavior, and traces for the path of an operation, with a workflow that connects all three.
Read Logs, metrics, and traces: choosing the right signal
Design readable events with stable fields, clear outcomes, useful timing, and an investigation query to prove they work.
Read Structured logging: a practical guide to useful eventsExplore a shared question across different kinds of logs. Each collection brings together relevant guides and a useful reading path.