Superlog
Ranked 6 of 16 observability platforms by recommenders
Recommended as an observability tool that installs with one prompt, adds logs and proposes bug fixes. Common caveat: it may not be mature enough for production systems.
Recommended as an observability tool that installs with one prompt, adds logs and proposes bug fixes. Common caveat: it may not be mature enough for production systems.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 7.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Promising, useful premise
“This is a very interesting idea and im excited to see where this goes.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs” “Seems very useful, congratulations on the launch!”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs” “This one seems pretty cool. Congrats on launch”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs” - Comment from 11 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)”
- Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs”
Automatic logs and bug fixes
“Automated observability that feeds back into the product development process is the future of this category”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs” “Building a Sentry replacement that adds logs automatically and fixes any bugs it finds”
Comment from 11 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)” Team uses it on itself
“We honestly just wanted to have this product ourselves, and that was our primary motivation behind building it.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs” “We use Superlog to observe Superlog, so I often extract cases from our own errors.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Mixing coding and monitoring seems risky
“I like the premise but trying to be both the coding agent + the monitoring agent seems backwards.”
Comment from 11 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)” “The system literally pushes (or Pull requests, whatever, github is dead anyways) a code change.”
Comment from 20 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs” “The moment something changes the system, it no longer observes it”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Launch HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs”
Other observability platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other observability platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafana | 71 | 41 | 63% | 11 | — | — |
| Prometheus | 48 | 24 | 67% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Datadog | 40 | 39 | 51% | 11 | — | — |
| Sentry | 31 | 30 | 51% | 11 | — | — |
| SuperlogThis page | 15 | 2 | 88% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
22 of the 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The 'installs itself' magic is only useful if it doesn't blow up the bill.”
“The system literally pushes (or Pull requests, whatever, github is dead anyways) a code change.”
“For debugging tools, generating a PR is the easy part; knowing whether it’s grounded in enough evidence is the part I’d worry about.”
“Seems very useful, congratulations on the launch!”
“i think it will take a little time to be mature for production systems”
“It deleted the codebase, which technically.. is a valid way to get rid of all of the bugs.”
“We honestly just wanted to have this product ourselves, and that was our primary motivation behind building it.”
“the general skill should give you a sane default already”
“The investigation agent has access to all the telemetry - not only one service.”
“We use Superlog to observe Superlog, so I often extract cases from our own errors.”
“Superlog pinged me on Slack and explained where to go to fix.”
“Automated observability that feeds back into the product development process is the future of this category”
“the npx onboarding is clever. One-prompt install removes the biggest blocker for observability adoption”
“The moment something changes the system, it no longer observes it”
“this looks very promising”
“This is a very interesting idea and im excited to see where this goes.”
“I would love to try it but I got stuck when it asked for Slack since I dont use that.”
“the set up process left me feeling a bit untrusting”
“This one seems pretty cool. Congrats on launch”
“I like the premise but trying to be both the coding agent + the monitoring agent seems backwards.”
“I really like this premise.”
“Building a Sentry replacement that adds logs automatically and fixes any bugs it finds”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.