# The Problem With Logging

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**Created:** [December 3, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-problem-with-logging/250 "2008-12-03T00:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarltonN](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@CarltonN](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/CarltonN)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-problem-with-logging/250/160 "2010-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Excessive logging is really just a symptom of not doing TDD.

[http://carltonnettleton.com/blog/?p=260](http://carltonnettleton.com/blog/?p=260)

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