An often forgotten reflex
Adding logs is a basic debugging reflex. Removing them is much less common.
Yet, obsolete logs can become just as harmful as bad ones.
The hidden cost of useless logs
Every useless log adds a bit of cognitive load. Individually, it feels negligible. Accumulated, it is not.
Reading slows down, errors hide more easily.
Removing is clarifying
- code becomes easier to read
- the console makes sense again
- debugging becomes faster
A habit to build
As discussed in the previous article, noise often comes from accumulation.
Removing logs is part of the same movement as simplifying code 🙂