Announcing logbasset 0.5.0

This article announces the release of logbasset 0.5.0, an open-source command-line tool written in Go for accessing and analyzing Scalyr logs. It is a rewrite of Scalyr's original Python client, focusing on read-only operations such as query, power-query, numeric-query, facet-query, timeseries-query, and live tail. The new version introduces compact output mode with pager integration, bounded retries with backoff, rate-limit handling, API token redaction, machine-readable command metadata, and an upgrade to Go 1.26.1. Installation instructions via Homebrew or GitHub releases are provided. The tool is designed for developers working with Scalyr logs, offering improved usability and reliability.