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Show HN: C++, Java and C# light-weight-logger

PenguineDavid — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:07:42 +0000

This is a library I've been working on with versions for C++, java & C# where you make custom formats and Log based on them, for example you could make an ERROR Like this:

  [ERROR] [date, time-stamp, time-zone]  (file:thread-ID:line)

but you would write it like this:

  // define the master format

  master_style = "%C[%N]%c%S%G[%D %T %Z]%c %M %G(%F:%t:%L)";

  // tell the logger what colour to use for a given name

  logger.add_format("ERROR", master_style, Colour::RED);

so now the [ERROR] part will be red, the time area will be grey, and the location grey, but you could really make any style you wanted. And once you have a master format you could also add different types of logs:

  logger.add_format("SUCCESS", style_minimal, Colour::GREEN);
  logger.add_format("INFO", master_style, Colour::CYAN);
  logger.add_format("WARN", master_style, Colour::YELLOW);

also the %S we put in there is actualy a colum padder so you logs will be inline:

  [INFO]   [16/06/2026 10:58:00 AUS Eastern Standard Time] Initializing core subsystem components. (src/main.cpp:1:39)
  [SUCCESS][16/06/2026 10:58:00 AUS Eastern Standard Time] Database connection established smoothly. (src/main.cpp:1:40)
  [WARN]   [16/06/2026 10:58:00 AUS Eastern Standard Time] High memory usage detected on node cluster. (src/main.cpp:1:41)
  [ERROR]  [16/06/2026 10:58:00 AUS Eastern Standard Time] Failed to write to write-ahead log! (src/main.cpp:1:42)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48732953

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New comment by PenguineDavid in "Show HN: C++, Java and C# Light-Weight-Logger"

PenguineDavid — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:03:38 +0000

darn it I was gonna make a show HN for that link now I can't cuz I can't use the same link twice...

New comment by PenguineDavid in "Show HN: C++, Java and C# Light-Weight-Logger"

PenguineDavid — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:56:20 +0000

I am an idiot sorry it's https://github.com/PenguineDavid/light-weight-logger new to HN can I edit my post?

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Funny I was going to make a programming language called Glyph as well but than i discovered GlyphLang so I decided to call it Kith instead.

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