O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? That’s exactly what Google, Amazon, and Meta are doing today. They start to collect robber baron rents.

Social Media 106

Social Media Google Internet Internet 106

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I didn't end up getting published in SysAdmin directly, but my performance work did make it as a feature article (thanks Matty).

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

## References I've reproduced the talk references below, so you can click on links: - [Gregg 08] Brendan Gregg, “ZFS L2ARC,” [link] Jul 2008 - [Gregg 10] Brendan Gregg, “Visualizations for Performance Analysis (and More),” [link] 2010 - [Greenberg 11] Marc Greenberg, “DDR4: Double the speed, double the latency?

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As for attending USENIX conferences: I finally started attending and speaking at them in 2010 when a community manager encouraged me to (thanks Deirdre Straughan), and since then I've met many friends and connections, including Amy who is now USENIX President, and Rikki with whom I co-chaired the USENIX LISA18 conference.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

## References I've reproduced the talk references below, so you can click on links: - [Gregg 08] Brendan Gregg, “ZFS L2ARC,” [link] Jul 2008 - [Gregg 10] Brendan Gregg, “Visualizations for Performance Analysis (and More),” [link] 2010 - [Greenberg 11] Marc Greenberg, “DDR4: Double the speed, double the latency?

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Speed Curve

JANUARY 29, 2024

Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, both real and virtual. In 1993 and again in 2010 , usability expert Jakob Nielsen found that: 0.1 The internet may change, and web pages may grow and evolve, but user expectations are constant. How do we perceive wait times? Short answer: Poorly.

Speed 133

Speed Website Mobile Cloud 133

Enprowess

JANUARY 11, 2022

This can provide near native functionality and user experience while being able to function without an active internet connection. React got popular due to the virtual document object model (DOM) which enables it to enhance performance of web apps and PWA significantly. It is being actively developed by Facebook and volunteers.

Virtualization 64

Virtualization Website Speed Mobile 64