MS added a log route for easy access

app/controllers/dev_utilities_controller.rb

@@ -79,4 +79,10 @@ def warzombie
      current_user.update_profile(:image_url => photo.url(:thumb_medium))
      current_user.save
   end
+  
+  def log
+    @log = `tail -n 200 log/development.log`
+    
+    render "shared/log"
+  end
 end

config/routes.rb

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
 
   match '.well-known/host-meta',:to => 'publics#host_meta'        
   match 'receive/users/:id',     :to => 'publics#receive'    
+  match 'log', :to => "dev_utilities#log"
   #root
   root :to => 'groups#index'
 end