Python logging: Stop Using print() in Your Automation Scripts You spent an hour debugging a cron job last night. The script ran fine manually, but in production it silently failed. You had no idea what happened because all your print() calls vanished into the void. Here is the problem with print() : Cron jobs discard stdout — your output goes nowhere unless you explicitly redirect it No timestamps — you cannot tell when something happened No severity levels — a warning and an error look identical No filtering — you cannot say "show me only errors" The fix is one import away: Python's built-in logging module.…