Brendan Gregg

Brendan Gregg

Performance Engineer

BPF Tools DTrace

Biography

Brendan Gregg is a performance engineer at Intel, known for his work on DTrace, BPF, and system performance analysis. He’s the author of “Systems Performance.”

Daily Work

  • Performance engineering at Intel
  • Developing BPF-based tools
  • Writing about system performance
  • Speaking at conferences

Challenges

“Performance problems are everywhere. The tools to find them should be just as ubiquitous.”

Impact

Brendan’s flame graphs and BPF tools have revolutionized how the industry debugs performance issues.