Checking Logs Forces Developers Out of Their IDE
Every time a developer needs to investigate a log event or backend anomaly, they must leave their editor, open a browser, navigate to a separate observability tool, write a query, and return to the code with diminished context. The IDE has become the primary development surface, but observability tooling has not moved with it. The context switch is frequent enough to meaningfully disrupt flow state across a typical workday.
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