[dozzie]

> Each time I write a new application, I need to remember how to set logging up.

You mean, like this?

  import logging.config
  import yaml

  with open(log_config_file) as f:
      logging.config.dictConfig(yaml.safe_load(f))

Because this is the correct way that allows the user to supply their own configuration that is not tied tightly to your little program.