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Use Cases

Discover how Live Highlighter can make your work easier and safer.

Cloud Environment Management

The Problem

When managing cloud resources, it's easy to accidentally modify production resources when you meant to change development or staging. The consequences can be severe - downtime, data loss, or security incidents.

The Solution

Create environment-based highlights:

1. "production" → Red
2. "prod-" → Red
3. "staging" → Yellow
4. "stage-" → Yellow
5. "development" → Green
6. "dev-" → Green

Benefits:

  • Instantly spot production resources
  • Reduce accidental production changes
  • Quick visual confirmation before making changes

Real-World Example

In AWS Console, GCP Cloud Console, or Azure Portal, resource names like:

  • prod-database-cluster → Highlighted in red
  • staging-api-server → Highlighted in yellow
  • dev-test-instance → Highlighted in green

Status and Error Monitoring

The Problem

Scanning through logs, dashboards, or monitoring tools to find errors or warnings is time-consuming and error-prone.

The Solution

Highlight status keywords:

1. "ERROR" → Red
2. "CRITICAL" → Red
3. "WARNING" → Orange
4. "WARN" → Orange
5. "SUCCESS" → Green
6. "INFO" → Blue

Benefits:

  • Errors jump out immediately
  • Faster incident response
  • Better situational awareness

Real-World Example

In application logs or monitoring dashboards:

  • [ERROR] Connection timeout → Red highlight on "ERROR"
  • [WARNING] High memory usage → Orange highlight on "WARNING"
  • [SUCCESS] Deployment complete → Green highlight on "SUCCESS"

Security and Compliance

The Problem

Security misconfigurations like unencrypted connections or public access can slip through manual reviews.

The Solution

Highlight security-relevant terms:

1. "unencrypted" → Red
2. "http://" → Orange
3. "public" → Yellow
4. "private" → Green
5. "encrypted" → Green

Benefits:

  • Catch security issues during configuration
  • Visual reminder of security posture
  • Faster security audits

Real-World Example

In configuration interfaces:

  • Connection: unencrypted → Red highlight
  • Access: public → Yellow highlight
  • Protocol: http://api.example.com → Orange highlight

Content Moderation

The Problem

Content moderators need to quickly identify flagged keywords in large volumes of user-generated content.

The Solution

Highlight moderation keywords:

1. "spam" → Red
2. "reported" → Orange
3. "pending-review" → Yellow
4. "approved" → Green

Benefits:

  • Faster content review
  • Consistent flagging
  • Reduced cognitive load

Sales and CRM

The Problem

In CRM systems, tracking deal stages and priority levels across multiple pages requires constant context switching.

The Solution

Highlight deal stages and priorities:

1. "Hot Lead" → Red
2. "Warm Lead" → Orange
3. "Cold Lead" → Blue
4. "Closed Won" → Green
5. "Closed Lost" → Red

Benefits:

  • Quick deal pipeline overview
  • Priority awareness
  • Better time management

Data Quality Monitoring

The Problem

Identifying data quality issues like null values, missing data, or invalid formats in data tables or admin interfaces.

The Solution

Highlight data quality indicators:

1. "null" → Red
2. "undefined" → Red
3. "missing" → Orange
4. "invalid" → Orange
5. "N/A" → Yellow

Benefits:

  • Quick data quality assessment
  • Faster identification of issues
  • Better data governance

DevOps and CI/CD

The Problem

Monitoring build statuses, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure health across multiple dashboards.

The Solution

Highlight build and deployment states:

1. "failed" → Red
2. "failing" → Red
3. "pending" → Yellow
4. "running" → Blue
5. "success" → Green
6. "deployed" → Green

Benefits:

  • Immediate build failure awareness
  • Faster incident response
  • Better pipeline monitoring

Network Administration

The Problem

Managing network devices and configurations with different environments and criticality levels.

The Solution

Highlight network contexts:

1. "production-network" → Red
2. "core-router" → Red
3. "staging-network" → Yellow
4. "test-network" → Green
5. "offline" → Red
6. "online" → Green

Benefits:

  • Prevent network misconfigurations
  • Quick status assessment
  • Safer network changes

Tips for Success

Start Simple

Begin with 3-5 high-value rules and expand as needed.

Be Consistent

Use the same colours for similar concepts across different use cases (e.g., always use red for critical/production).

Review Regularly

Your needs change over time. Review and update rules monthly.

Combine Use Cases

You can mix rules from multiple use cases:

1. "production" → Red (Cloud)
2. "ERROR" → Red (Monitoring)
3. "unencrypted" → Orange (Security)
4. "pending" → Yellow (Status)

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