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USENIX SREcon APAC 2022: Computing Performance: What's on the Horizon

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As I was determined to become great at my new occupation regardless of my location, I read every sysadmin book, article, and magazine I could find on the shelf. I followed that practice when writing some earlier books, and it has since struck me as unfair that some references had author names and some didn't.

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USENIX SREcon APAC 2022: Computing Performance: What's on the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

As I was determined to become great at my new occupation regardless of my location, I read every sysadmin book, article, and magazine I could find on the shelf. I followed that practice when writing some earlier books, and it has since struck me as unfair that some references had author names and some didn't.

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