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Monitoring tools that do periodic work can themselves cause the latency outliers they were installed to diagnose.

  1. Brendan Gregg Computer performance engineer working on datacenter performance at OpenAI One performance anti-pattern is when a company, to debug one performance problem, installs a monitoring tool that periodically does work and causes application latency outliers. When to Hire a Computer Performance Engineering Team (2025) part 1 of 2brendangregg.com · 3 Aug 2025All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsOne performance anti-pattern is when a company, to debug one performance problem, installs a monitoring tool that periodically does work and causes application latency outliers.

    ↗When to Hire a Computer Performance Engineering Team (2025) part 1 of 2brendangregg.com

    3 Aug 2025

Relying on AI to replace performance engineers reduces an organization's overall technical expertise over time.

  1. Brendan Gregg Computer performance engineer working on datacenter performance at OpenAI If a company spends less on performance engineers as it's considered AI'd, it will reduce the company's effective "performance IQ." On "AI Brendans" or "Virtual Brendans"brendangregg.com · 27 Nov 2025All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsIf a company spends less on performance engineers as it's considered AI'd, it will reduce the company's effective "performance IQ."

    ↗On "AI Brendans" or "Virtual Brendans"brendangregg.com

    27 Nov 2025