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Congrats on launching! Its interesting to see that ChatGPT is able to build something I've been working on (https://logdy.dev https://logdy.dev) for last two mo

Congrats on launching! Its interesting to see that ChatGPT is able to build something I've been working on (https://logdy.dev https://logdy.dev) for last two months. I guess new era is around the corner then.

rnts08 3y ago
Tbf your tool looks 110% more useful and well built than a simple single screen showing the logs with an in-browser search. Keep at it!
- piterrro 3y ago
  Thank you! I have a full roadmap of features to deliver :-)
mittermayr 3y ago
Your landing page looks fantastic, just wanted to throw that out (before ChatGPT starts making that, too)
- piterrro 3y ago
  Thanks!
marmaduke 3y ago
I was looking for something like this for a while, and it could be just the landing page, but I much prefer a tool that's been built slowly with thought and consideration (which is evident from your landing page). How does your tool handle semi-permanent usage or very long logs? For instance, I would run this to view logs from an ssh server that's been up for 6 months, when systemd has rotated the log file etc.
- emadda 3y ago
  Why would you watch logs for more than 6 months? Do you filter them? What does the system you are watching do?
  - marmaduke 3y ago
    for instance, running a nextcloud instance through docker compose, I'd like to have a lightweight web ui for browsing the server logs. not just for 15 minutes but for longer periods of time. on an hpc cluster, I want to want logs from the slurmctld forever essentially without having to login and grep through the logs. there's a bunch of online services for this, there's ELK stack, there's grep, and few things sit in between. hence my question
    - piterrro 3y ago
      then the problem is not viewing the logs but storing them, maybe compressing, and then retrieving. If that's not a problem (size) then with some cron magic you should be able to store the logs from specific locations into a single one so rotation doesn't eat them and then just view using a log viewer of your choice.
- piterrro 3y ago
  Thanks for your kind words. I have a feature onnthe roadmap which is very close to delivery that will allow you to load a big log file and browse it through the UI. As long as you can load the content from disk or remotely, Logdy will be able to handle that. The aim isnto provide DataDog like experience but in a portable and temporary way, that allows you to set it up quickly, check what you need, tear down and move on. All without much hassle or costs for sending the logs to a remote service.
neomantra 3y ago
This is a great tool too and echoes task teleportation, which is popping up more and more. There’s a new era, but one in which you will be even more powerful. LLMs will improve in pumping out code embodiments… but it was your human creativity borne out of operations frustrations, coupled with your care to do something about it, that manifested your product.
- piterrro 3y ago
  Thank you for this comment, you got a point and this is indeed a good thing that's happening!
corytheboyd 3y ago
Please keep working on this! I started a similar tool because I desperately needed it, but haven’t found the time to maintain it. https://github.com/corytheboyd-smartsheet/json-log-explorer https://github.com/corytheboyd-smartsheet/json-log-explorer Having something like the log explorer in DataDog for local development is so insanely useful
- piterrro 3y ago
  That was the idea exactly: I wanted to have DD log explorer locally that works insanely fast to be coupled within development process. As much as I love terminal, its just so limiting when it comes to browsing and filtering through more content.
  - corytheboyd 3y ago
    Absolutely agreed, and glad someone else is out there fighting the good fight :)
  - tstack 3y ago
    > As much as I love terminal, its just so limiting when it comes to browsing and filtering through more content. What terminal-based tools are you thinking of when you say this? Just tail/grep/less?
    - piterrro 3y ago
      that and more magic of sed, awk, jq and similar. I know you can do real magic in there but still, I believe it's easier to learn GUI than vim shortcuts or sophisticated jq/awk formulas. Still, I admire terminal for being around for so long and follow it as an example when building Logdy.

rnts08 3y ago

Tbf your tool looks 110% more useful and well built than a simple single screen showing the logs with an in-browser search. Keep at it!

piterrro 3y ago
Thank you! I have a full roadmap of features to deliver :-)

mittermayr 3y ago

Your landing page looks fantastic, just wanted to throw that out (before ChatGPT starts making that, too)

piterrro 3y ago
Thanks!

marmaduke 3y ago

I was looking for something like this for a while, and it could be just the landing page, but I much prefer a tool that's been built slowly with thought and consideration (which is evident from your landing page). How does your tool handle semi-permanent usage or very long logs? For instance, I would run this to view logs from an ssh server that's been up for 6 months, when systemd has rotated the log file etc.

emadda 3y ago
Why would you watch logs for more than 6 months? Do you filter them? What does the system you are watching do?
- marmaduke 3y ago
  for instance, running a nextcloud instance through docker compose, I'd like to have a lightweight web ui for browsing the server logs. not just for 15 minutes but for longer periods of time. on an hpc cluster, I want to want logs from the slurmctld forever essentially without having to login and grep through the logs. there's a bunch of online services for this, there's ELK stack, there's grep, and few things sit in between. hence my question
  - piterrro 3y ago
    then the problem is not viewing the logs but storing them, maybe compressing, and then retrieving. If that's not a problem (size) then with some cron magic you should be able to store the logs from specific locations into a single one so rotation doesn't eat them and then just view using a log viewer of your choice.
piterrro 3y ago
Thanks for your kind words. I have a feature onnthe roadmap which is very close to delivery that will allow you to load a big log file and browse it through the UI. As long as you can load the content from disk or remotely, Logdy will be able to handle that. The aim isnto provide DataDog like experience but in a portable and temporary way, that allows you to set it up quickly, check what you need, tear down and move on. All without much hassle or costs for sending the logs to a remote service.

neomantra 3y ago

This is a great tool too and echoes task teleportation, which is popping up more and more. There’s a new era, but one in which you will be even more powerful. LLMs will improve in pumping out code embodiments… but it was your human creativity borne out of operations frustrations, coupled with your care to do something about it, that manifested your product.

piterrro 3y ago
Thank you for this comment, you got a point and this is indeed a good thing that's happening!

corytheboyd 3y ago

Please keep working on this! I started a similar tool because I desperately needed it, but haven’t found the time to maintain it. https://github.com/corytheboyd-smartsheet/json-log-explorer https://github.com/corytheboyd-smartsheet/json-log-explorer Having something like the log explorer in DataDog for local development is so insanely useful

piterrro 3y ago
That was the idea exactly: I wanted to have DD log explorer locally that works insanely fast to be coupled within development process. As much as I love terminal, its just so limiting when it comes to browsing and filtering through more content.
- corytheboyd 3y ago
  Absolutely agreed, and glad someone else is out there fighting the good fight :)
- tstack 3y ago
  > As much as I love terminal, its just so limiting when it comes to browsing and filtering through more content. What terminal-based tools are you thinking of when you say this? Just tail/grep/less?
  - piterrro 3y ago
    that and more magic of sed, awk, jq and similar. I know you can do real magic in there but still, I believe it's easier to learn GUI than vim shortcuts or sophisticated jq/awk formulas. Still, I admire terminal for being around for so long and follow it as an example when building Logdy.