Articles
In-depth articles and guides on observability, scale, and engineering from the Bronto team.
Centralizing CDN logs: a guide to high-volume log management
What centralised CDN logging actually requires when your providers each generate tens of thousands of log lines per second, and what it takes to keep that data queryable.
12 min read
CDN log analytics: a guide to full-fidelity Fastly and Cloudflare logging
The metrics that matter for CDN operations all depend on raw, per-request log rows. Here's why pre-aggregated dashboards fall short and what full-fidelity analytics unlock.
11 min read
The CDN observability consolidation guide: replace 5–8 tools with one logging layer
Most CDN observability stacks accumulated as a series of individually rational decisions, each forced by the cost model of the last platform. Here's how to consolidate them.
13 min read
CDN observability at edge scale: why full-fidelity logging requires a different architecture
Why traditional observability platforms struggle at CDN log volumes — and why the problem is architectural, not just a pricing issue.
10 min read
A framework for CDN logging total cost of ownership
A logging platform's true cost at CDN volume is the product of several compounding charges: ingestion, storage, query, rehydration, and operational overhead. Here's how to calculate the real number.
14 min read
Querying CDN logs with AI: what you should expect from your logging platform
An LLM that generates perfect SQL is still useless if that SQL takes 30 minutes to return. The bottleneck isn't the AI layer — it's the storage and query engine underneath it.
9 min read
ELK Stack TCO: what it's really costing you to self-manage
Self-managed log infrastructure rarely starts as a strategic choice. The real cost shows up in Slack messages at 2 a.m. and in the post-incident conversation where retention ended right where the evidence should have been.
10 min read
Logging on AWS: when CloudWatch stops being enough
CloudWatch is the natural starting point for AWS-native logging. But logging infrastructure has a way of quietly becoming a constraint — in cost, in performance, and in coverage.
11 min read
The Top 12 Log Management & Observability Tools Best Positioned for the AI Era
A comprehensive guide to the leading observability platforms evaluated for AI readiness — covering MCP support, retention, query performance, pricing, and how each vendor is approaching the agentic era.
18 min read