Heroku logging what I have Learned
Recently I started work for a new employer who runs has a number of applications hosted on Heroku, my typical strategy when faced with a new environment and systems is try and get some monitoring in place as soon as possible. I do this for a few reasons: It enables me to establish a baseline for performance and behavior of the system. It lets me quickly zero on any areas I can help with. It makes it easier for me to see when I get things wrong while I am still learning the ropes. So when I talk about monitoring I am mainly talking about collecting some basic performance and health related metrics which fall into two different types: ...