Lightrun LogOptimizer Gets A Developer Productivity and Logging Cost Reduction Boost

What is Lightrun’s LogOptimizer

Lightrun’s LogOptimizer stands as a groundbreaking automated solution for log optimization and cost reduction in logging. An integral part of the Lightrun IDE plugins, this tool empowers developers to swiftly scan their source code—be it a single file or entire projects—to identify and replace log lines with Lightrun’s dynamic logs, all within seconds. Compatible with runtimes such as Java, JavaScript, and Python, the LogOptimizer is a game-changer in enhancing logging efficiency

With the LogOptimizer, developers can benefit from the following:

• Get in few minutes visibility into low quality logs that aren’t required as part of your source code
• Reduce the noise in your logs and the overall cost of logging and shift left FinOps practices toward engineers
• Move away from using static logs toward dynamic logging
• Establish a continuous optimized process of log optimization as part of your DevOps practice
• Reduce the noise generated with over-logging (e.g. Static logs, marker logs, duplicate logs, etc.), and find the most valuable information in a cleaner code

What’s New

With the release of Lightrun 1.23.1, significant improvements have been made to enhance user experience and streamline the process of optimizing logs and reducing costs. The product has been thoughtfully restructured into user-friendly sections, making it easier for developers to navigate and seamlessly manage log optimization workflows. In the updated version, developers now have a clear and accessible list of findings from the LogOptimizer scan on the left side of the product. They can effortlessly explore each finding or choose a specific source code file for a more focused analysis. On the right side of the LogOptimizer window, integrated within the IDE plugin, developers receive a convenient summary of the scan, providing a valuable high-level overview with results categorized by file numbers and the total number of findings

To get started with Lightrun LogOptimizer you should make sure that the Docker desktop client is installed and running on your machine. Once it does, from the Lightrun IDE plugin you can run a single source file scan or an entire project scan. See the below quick demo to learn more.

Bottom Line

As organizations try to shift left FinOps towards developers and reduce the overall spend, such tools can empower developers to be more knowledgeable as well as accountable for their software development ongoing costs. As a recurring insight coming from the annual FinOps foundation report, the top challenge (over 32% of responses) with cloud computing cost reduction is the empowerment of developers to take action based on data for their spend.

To get started with Lightrun and the LogOptimizer, please refer to our documentation as well as visit https://lightrun.com and/or book a demo!