[jeremyleibs]

Hello -- Rerun developer here. You are correct on both counts. The terminology used in some places is a bit inconsistent, and "recording" is very much the right concept to apply to the data that Rerun captures.

However, one of the reasons we tend to think of our APIs as being "logging" like is that much like other console-logging libraries, the primary purpose is to get data out of your program and into a user-observable form. Also similar to other logging libraries, the APIs are intended to have no side affects on your program so they can actually be disabled with a function call or by setting an environment variable in situations where you don't need the additional context for debugging or inspection.

I appreciate the feedback though and will make sure to take a pass on the docs to see if I can make the relationship and intent a bit more clear.