# Monitoring, Logging & Incident Response with AI
The Monitoring Stack
Every production application needs three layers of monitoring:
- 1.Uptime monitoring: Is my site up? (Betterstack, Checkly, UptimeRobot)
- 2.Error tracking: What errors are users hitting? (Sentry, Axiom)
- 3.Performance monitoring: Is it fast? (Vercel Analytics, Datadog)
Setting Up Sentry for Error Tracking
npm install @sentry/nextjs
npx @sentry/wizard@latest -i nextjsSentry auto-configures. Then add context to errors:
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What you'll learn:
- Set up application monitoring with alerts for errors and performance degradation
- Implement structured logging that enables fast debugging in production
- Use AI to analyze logs, identify patterns, and diagnose incidents