Tech Enthusiast. Nature Lover. Computer Geek. rsyslog lead developer.
For a concise Computer Science summary of this effort, see the section at the end of this article.
When I began the current documentation overhaul, the objective was never limited to cleaning up a few pages. From the beginning, the plan was to prepare rsyslog for the AI era. And the truth is simple: without modern AI tooling, this work would not have been feasible at this depth or speed.
I thought I provide a quick “happy camper” status update. Even though this was only a side-activity, I had an exceptionally good day working with Digital Ocean Gradient and open source models. I am working on support Agents for the rsyslog ecosystem.
A few days ago, we posted the short announcement on the project site:
👉 New rsyslog AI Assistant — powered by DigitalOcean Gradient
This is the longer story: the plan, the first results, and what we think is sensible to do next.
I am glad to tell that I finally managed to solve an issue that caused confusion for years. Someone had cloned and published the rsyslog documentation at readthedocs. Unfortunately, it was not maintained afterwards and also looked like an official rsyslog doc. That added a lot to the “rsyslog’s doc is bad and inconsistent” feel inside the community. This could now be resolved, and current, official doc is now available at readthedocs. I am very happy and glad for readthedocs staff members who helped us to finally resolve the issue.
I’ve been using AI to help with commit messages for a while now. Yesterday, in a discussion with co-workers, it became clear that this may not just be a convenience feature — it’s turning into a real time saver.
That was the background for creating the new rsyslog Commit AI Assistant. It directly addresses a problem we ourselves face in daily development. True to dogfooding, we now use it internally whenever we craft a commit message — myself included.
Want to give it a try: use the rsyslog commit Assistant.
Continue reading “Dogfooding the rsyslog Commit AI Assistant”TL;DR: The rsyslog documentation was a mess — and I knew it. It’s now only “partly OK”, but for the first time we have a clear structure, concept, and plan. AI support, combined with my review and technical expertise, is making this transformation possible — and AI is improving at an impressive pace.
(This post was generated with AI support and fully reviewed and revised by me.)
