Hot take: Logging everything for a week is overrated, but troubleshooting blind is worse

Last Tuesday I spent 6 hours chasing a ghost packet loss issue that turned out to be a bad Cat5e cable I overlooked. Do you swear by detailed logs or rely on gut instinct when something breaks fast?

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rivera.susan8d ago

Yeah, and even with good markers you gotta be careful not to get too narrow. I've seen guys miss a bad switch port because they were so focused on their usual few indicators, convinced it was a config issue. Markers help but they can blind you to the dumb stuff too if you're not paying attention to the whole picture.

kevin_sullivan8d ago

Troubleshooting blind is worse" really stuck with me. I think the missing piece here isn't just logs versus gut instinct, it's knowing what you're actually looking at in the logs. Most people dump everything into a system and then get overwhelmed by the noise, so they just start guessing anyway. I've found that having a few really specific markers you watch for every time saves way more time than logging everything under the sun. But yeah, you still have to check the damn cables first, I learned that one the hard way too.