Logging Best Practices Apply these logging principles to ensure effective debugging, monitoring, and audit capabilities across applications and services. Structured Logging - Use structured logging formats (JSON) for all log output - Include consistent fields across all log entries - Make logs machine-parseable while remaining human-readable - Use a logging library that supports structured output natively - Avoid string concatenation for log messages; use structured fields Standard Log Fields Include these fields in every log entry: - timestamp : ISO 8601 format with timezone - level : Log se…