Show HN: Timberlogs – Drop-in structured logging for TypeScript

Hacker News just met Timberlogs, a plug-and-play tool that replaces messy console messages with tidy, searchable logs for TypeScript apps. The creator says they were “tired of console.log in production,” promising auto-batching, sensitive-data redaction, full-text search, a real-time dashboard, and “flow tracking.” Fans cheered the no-bloat vibe and beta-free price, with willwade calling it simpler than pricey Papertrail/Datadog and asking for a Python version. Another thread asked how redaction works—homemade or a library? The mood: excited, but ready to inspect the wiring.

Then came the skeptics. coronapl liked easy user/session IDs but argued real apps need richer tags—tenant IDs, operations, more—citing Winston’s “child loggers.” uallo pushed for plugins for Winston and Pino and dropped side-eye: “PS: your documentation search does not wor…” Money questions arrived fast: “price range?” asked gokaygurcan. Commenters joked about “console.log rehab” and a “redact-o-matic,” while the core debate simmered: minimal and simple vs enterprise-grade features. Translation: the crowd loves the promise, but wants metadata, integrations, a Python port, and a clear pricing story. Curious? Tap the site, docs, npm, and GitHub.