Erik Dietrich, Author at Scalyr

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Erik Dietrich / January 21

What Is a Site Reliability Engineer? Should You Become One?

Although site reliability engineering has been around for a while, it has only recently gained fame in general software circles. But there are still a lot of questions as to what a site reliability engineer…
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Erik Dietrich / December 16

Apache Access Log: A Detailed Introduction

What is the Apache access log? Why do you need it? Let me share a story. I remember starting my first blog years and years ago. I paid for hosting and then installed a (much…
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Erik Dietrich / November 25

What Is Log Aggregation and How Does It Help You?

In order to understand the idea of log aggregation, you need to understand the pain it alleviates. You’ve almost certainly felt this pain, even if you don’t realize it. Let’s consider a scenario that every…
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Erik Dietrich / November 18

Get Started Quickly With C# Logging

If you’re interested in getting started with C# logging as quickly as humanly possible, you’ve come to the right place. Today, we’ll look at just how to do that. Don’t worry, we’ll get into comprehensive…
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Erik Dietrich / November 11

Getting Started Quickly With C++ Logging

Since publishing my article Get Started Quickly With Python Logging, I’ve been working on a couple of C++ projects where I’ve found a need for more robust logging solutions than a simple time stamp and…
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Erik Dietrich / October 21

Understanding the Apache Error Log in Detail

Today features another post about the nuts and bolts of logging. This time, I’ll be talking about the Apache error log in some detail. Originally, I had a different plan and outline for this post.…
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Erik Dietrich / September 16

Search Your Files With Grep and Regex

To understand the grep regex combination, ask yourself a question first. How do you search through a file? On the surface, this might seem like sort of a silly question. But somewhere between the common-sense…
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Erik Dietrich / August 26

Why Distributed Tracing Will Be So Important in 2020

Distributed tracing is the stitching of multiple requests across multiple systems. It is one of the best ways to track down unexpected problems.

Erik Dietrich / July 22

Getting Started Quickly With Node.js Logging

Previously, we covered how to get started with logging in C#, Java, Python, and Ruby. Now, we’ll take a look at Node.js logging. As in the other articles, we’ll cover: How to log very basically.What…
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Erik Dietrich / July 15

AWS Lambda Use Cases: 11 Reasons Devs Should Use Lambdas

Devs should use AWS Lambdas for lots of reasons. Here are 7 that you need to know right now—plus two ways to run serverless AWS Lambda functions locally!

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