In the ThoughtWorks Radar (Mar 2014), the rise of event-based tracking was clear. Everyone wanted to log everything — page views, API hits, job states.
But I learned the hard way: tracking without insight is tech debt.
Tips that helped:
- Structure logs as events, not just text
- Define tracking goals before you emit data
- Invest in dashboards + drill-down tooling
Track what matters. Delete what doesn’t. Store nothing you don’t intend to read.