logging
Logging is the act of gathering the electronic death throes of systems and stashing them in a secure warehouse where no one ever cares to look. Its stated purpose is problem-solving, but it often feels more like a comforting insurance policy against nonexistent disasters. The sheer volume of logs becomes a monster that haunts administrators with endless nights of parsing nightmares. Yet when an incident occurs, those same administrators lament, "Without logs, we know nothing," repeating this baffling ritual anew.