diff --git a/src/sampling/README.md b/src/sampling/README.md
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+# Log sampling
+
+Log sampling tries to reduce CPU and I/O pressure by only recording a subset of entries and 
+dropping duplicate log entries. A log entry having the same log level and message content 
+are considered duplicate. 
+
+The logger maintains a separate bucket for each log entry. 
+At each tick, the sampler will emit the first N  initial logs in each bucket and every Mth log 
+therafter. Sampling loggers are safe for concurrent use.
+In this example, we will emit the first 5 messages then one every each 100 messages thereafter.
+
+```console
+go run src/sampling/main.go
+
+Log sampling to reduce the presure on I/O and CPU by reducing logging
+Using the built in sampler. You probably need to wrap the whole zapcore Sampler public methods if you need to write our own custom sampler
+We will first emit the first 5 messages then one every each 100 messages thereafter
+{"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1515696,"msg":"test at info","n":1}
+{"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1515965,"msg":"test at info","n":2}
+{"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1516032,"msg":"test at info","n":3}
+{"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1516066,"msg":"test at info","n":4}
+{"level":"info","ts":1527544371.15161,"msg":"test at info","n":5}
+{"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1518133,"msg":"test at info","n":105}
+
+```
+
+
diff --git a/src/sampling/main.go b/src/sampling/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+)
+
+type Logger struct {
+	*zap.Logger
+}
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Printf("Log sampling to reduce the presure on I/O and CPU by reducing logging\n")
+	fmt.Printf("Using the built in sampler. You probably need to wrap the whole zapcore Sampler public methods if you need to write our own custom sampler\n")
+	encoderConfig := zap.NewProductionEncoderConfig()
+	atomLevel := zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(zapcore.InfoLevel)
+	encoder := zapcore.NewJSONEncoder(encoderConfig)
+	writer := zapcore.Lock(os.Stdout)
+
+	core := zapcore.NewCore(encoder, writer, &atomLevel)
+	emitInitialMessages := 5
+	thereAfterEachMessages := 100
+	// You can embed zap.Logger inside your Logger struct for WithSamplingConfig and preserve zap.Logger interface
+	// Or if you take zap.Logger as one of the parameters for WithSamplingConfig, you don't need to use embedded struct.
+	logger := &Logger{zap.New(core)}
+
+	fmt.Printf("We will first emit the first %v messages then one every each %v messages thereafter \n", emitInitialMessages, thereAfterEachMessages)
+	logger = logger.WithSamplingConfig(time.Second, emitInitialMessages, thereAfterEachMessages)
+
+	for i := 1; i < 110; i++ {
+		logger.With(zap.Int("n", i)).Info("test at info")
+	}
+	logger.Sync()
+	// Output:
+	// {"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1515696,"msg":"test at info","n":1}
+	// {"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1515965,"msg":"test at info","n":2}
+	// {"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1516032,"msg":"test at info","n":3}
+	// {"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1516066,"msg":"test at info","n":4}
+	// {"level":"info","ts":1527544371.15161,"msg":"test at info","n":5}
+	// {"level":"info","ts":1527544371.1518133,"msg":"test at info","n":105}
+}
+
+func (l *Logger) WithSamplingConfig(tick time.Duration, initial, thereAfter int) *Logger {
+	if initial < 1 || thereAfter < 1 {
+		// fmt.Printf("all arguments must be positive")
+		return l
+	}
+	core := l.Core()
+	newLogger := l.WithOptions(
+		zap.WrapCore(
+			func(zapcore.Core) zapcore.Core {
+				return zapcore.NewSampler(core, tick, initial, thereAfter)
+			}))
+	return &Logger{newLogger}
+}