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I'm surprised Brendan Gregg hasn't been mentioned here yet. He's the Linux tracing/profiling god. http://www.brendangregg.com/linuxperf.html http://www.brendan
by bitcharmer 9y ago
I'm surprised Brendan Gregg hasn't been mentioned here yet. He's the Linux tracing/profiling god.
http://www.brendangregg.com/linuxperf.html http://www.brendangregg.com/linuxperf.html
Don't get me wrong, I respect Julia Evans as a professional, but what she mostly does is simplify other people's hard work and in-depth analysis of difficult problems in various layers of the technology stack.
- adultSwim 9y agoThis is why we can't have nice things :(
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- kevintb 9y ago> What she mostly does is simplify other people's hard work This is the opposite of "respecting" someone as a professional.
- kazinator 9y agoJulia mentions and links to Brendan Gregg four times in the this article.
- amagumori 9y agoi don't think that's what she does. i think she's the Bob Ross of Linux. what she does is to evangelize learning about low-level debugging / tracing tools and such to a wide audience, with a tone of "you can do this! it's ok if you're a novice". if all talented programmers understood and encouraged beginners like she did, we'd have an embarrassment of great programmers.
- dano 9y agoYes - this. I'm pleased that younger people in my team are learning things from her posts. Being a grey-hair *nix guy (not a grey beard!) the posts are interesting, but I know there is a LOT more beneath the surface. She's a valuable addition to the net!
- dano 9y agoYes - this. I'm pleased that younger people in my team are learning things from her posts. Being a grey-hair *nix guy (not a grey beard!) the posts are interesting, but I know there is a LOT more beneath the surface. She's a valuable addition to the net!
- zenlikethat 9y agoHow exactly are the next generation of systems programmers supposed to get there without great minds like Julia documenting their journey along the way? If no one can apply someone's work for practical purposes then what good does it do? Julia mentions Brendan in her post already and she's done _plenty_ of great work. Don't tear other people down, it's not cool.
- bitcharmer 9y agoI already admitted my respect for her as a professional. There is nothing negative in what she does. I'm just stating a fact - if you want more details you need to turn to people who she sources from. What is bad about it?
- bogomipz 9y agoI didn't think there was anything bad in what you said. It was your opinion and I thought you were respectful. What I have seen though is that saying anything even slightly negative about the content in this individual's blog posts will draw a strong rebuke as you have just seen. I personally find the amount of fawning commentary and aggressive defensiveness for this particular blog and author a bit cultish.
- otterley 9y agoHad you left off the final paragraph, I think the comment simply would have been upvoted, and nothing more would have been said.
- bogomipz 9y agoThe OP clearly mentioned their respect for the individual in their comment. They didn't appear to be "tearing anybody down." Accusing people of malice for expressing their opinion is also "not cool." It's perfectly acceptable to not be a fan of someone's blog posts. It's also perfectly acceptable to express that in a respectful manner which they did.
- zenlikethat 9y ago
- erikb 9y agoPlus crazy experiments. Don't forget the crazy experiments.