Error Tracking Tools vs Custom Monitoring Scripts
Developers should use error tracking tools when deploying applications to production to proactively detect and fix issues before they impact users meets developers should learn to create custom monitoring scripts when off-the-shelf monitoring solutions lack coverage for application-specific metrics, such as custom business kpis, niche performance counters, or proprietary system states. Here's our take.
Error Tracking Tools
Developers should use error tracking tools when deploying applications to production to proactively detect and fix issues before they impact users
Error Tracking Tools
Nice PickDevelopers should use error tracking tools when deploying applications to production to proactively detect and fix issues before they impact users
Pros
- +They are essential for web, mobile, and backend applications where real-time monitoring can reduce downtime and improve reliability
- +Related to: application-performance-monitoring, logging
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Custom Monitoring Scripts
Developers should learn to create custom monitoring scripts when off-the-shelf monitoring solutions lack coverage for application-specific metrics, such as custom business KPIs, niche performance counters, or proprietary system states
Pros
- +They are essential in environments with unique compliance needs, legacy systems, or when integrating disparate data sources for holistic observability
- +Related to: bash-scripting, python
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Error Tracking Tools if: You want they are essential for web, mobile, and backend applications where real-time monitoring can reduce downtime and improve reliability and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Custom Monitoring Scripts if: You prioritize they are essential in environments with unique compliance needs, legacy systems, or when integrating disparate data sources for holistic observability over what Error Tracking Tools offers.
Developers should use error tracking tools when deploying applications to production to proactively detect and fix issues before they impact users
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