MacOS Unified Log: why, what and how

I have a multi-process tool, and subprocess logs no longer appear at all (much less in chronological order with parent process messages) so in a separate window I must set up a log stream specially configured to try to dredge those up.

They have this notion of “privacy” in logs now, meaning even the messages you do see will frequently withhold vital details unless you remember to first change settings to show private data.

I have a few side commands and short-cuts in the shell to fiddle all these knobs. It’s just annoying, frankly; it’s like someone replaced the steering wheel and dashboard of your car with “request steering control” and “request speed info” buttons.

And to top it all off, for like a month their fancy new logs spat out “Month 13” complaints, despite being improved. I couldn’t find ANY way to turn those off with the 4,000 new knobs available to me.