Don’t Write Logs by Yourself (AKA Don’t Reinvent the Wheel)
Log at the Proper Level
Employ the Proper Log Category
Write Meaningful Log Messages
Write Log Messages in English
Add Context to Your Log Messages
Log in Machine Parseable Format
But Make the Logs Human-Readable as Well
Don’t Log Too Much or Too LittlE
Think of Your Audience
Don’t Log for Troubleshooting Purposes Only
Avoid Vendor Lock-In
Don’t Log Sensitive Information
The article goes into some nice detail on each of these but those are the 13 practices being advocated.