> Writing a reliable, secure function that writes messages to stdout might be all that a project needs. That's how it starts. Then you need to log to file. The

> Writing a reliable, secure function that writes messages to stdout might be all that a project needs. That's how it starts. Then you need to log to file. Then you need to rotate those files. Then someone asks for a custom format. Eventually you end up with a crappy internal Log4J clone.