What Brendan Gregg thinks about AI and jobs

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Computer performance engineer working on datacenter performance at OpenAI, previously Netflix and Sun/Joyent. Author of Systems Performance and BPF Performance Tools, and creator of flame graphs.

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27 Nov 2025

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

Their wordsIf a company spends less on performance engineers as it's considered AI'd, it will reduce the company's effective "performance IQ."

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