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+# esm-logging
 
+> This README is a stub. Working on it. Currently stabilizing the build
+  environment after that I'll make it nice around here.
 
-* [Logging Cookbook](doc/logging-cookbook.md)
+A quasi-port of the Python standard library logging module to ECMAScript.
 
+# Why?
+
+First of, because logging is important. It is important for debugging purposes,
+leading to faster and more resilient development, for traceability leading to
+better security. Most logging libraries I've discovered didn't satisfy me,
+introduced weird concepts and all in all just weren't great. Other programming
+language ecosystems offer way nicer logging facilities. Take Rust for example,
+or... Python! Python has PEP, giving it a very structured approach towards
+implementing new features and that's also how its logging facilities came to be
+([PEP 282](https://peps.python.org/pep-0282/)). Python's logging facilities are
+implemented by the [logging]() module, which is part of the standard library and
+has been since 2002. It was originally authored by Vinay Sajip
+
+# Roadmap
+
+- do a quasi-port of the logging module with minimal amount of adaption
+- add documentation
+- add support for asynchronous calls
+- implement Open Cybersecurity Framework (OCSF) formatter
+- implement (Browser) local storage handler as a replacement for file handler
+
+# Usage
+
+For the time being, please check out my [CI
+service](https://bitbucket.org/byteb4rb1e/esm-logging/pipelines), for an idea on
+how to build this.