I can totally understand your point. This is an excessive example with lots of customization. You can get by with a lot less code if you just want to get a sane

I can totally understand your point. This is an excessive example with lots of customization. You can get by with a lot less code if you just want to get a sane default-format or a lot more if you want to really fine-tune your logs. The beauty is that you have the option :)