Almost last call for (optional) RSVP ... On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:45 PM, Bill Ricker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tues Sept 13th, MIT room E51-376 7.pm - Brendan Gregg's FlameGraphs (Bill > Ricker, moderator) > [image: cpu-mysql-crop-250.png] > Brendan Gregg's FlameGraph profiler visualizationI stumbled on a link to > a set of posts and hand-drawn 'zines' about Linux debugging and 'doing' > software at jvns.ca/zines/ . The Linux Debugging zine includes several > 'old friend' tools (which gives me confidence in this person's opinions) > and also included new or new to me options and tools, and specifically > enthused over Brendan Gregg's invention FlameGraphs. Brendan invented these > to make sense of profile stack samples of MySql, which produced so much > data that he had to invent a new way to visualize ... with Perl, naturally. > Tim Bunce has bundled and enhanced FlameGraphs into CPAN NYTProf, but it's > usable with and profiler capturing stack frames. Works with any profiler > giving full stack traces with symbols ( Dtrace, perf, SystemTrap, OS X > Instroments, Xperf.exe, NYTProf for Perl ). > We will watch a video by the author and play with the source code. > > We will *not* be staying late since I need to be elsewhere by 10pm. > I may roll-tape a little earlier than usual to make sure we have time to > choose between exploring the code or web extras. > > > - Tech Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at MIT > building E51, Sloan School Tang Center [not the other Tang building!] > nearer to Kendall Sq than Mass Ave. (directions > <http://boston-pm.wikispaces.com/MIT+Directions>). > - Talk begins at 7:30. > - Refreshments in the hallway prior. > - *RSVP for count* encouraged but not required, to [email protected] > or Boston-PM list <http://boston-pm.wikispaces.com/Mailing+Lists>, by > 4pm Tuesday. > > > (*NOTE: **Note NO NOVEMBER tech meeting - 2nd Tuesday in November in a > Leap year is Election Day - I presume most people will be watching a > different channel that night.)* > > Future - Winter/Spring reservations > *If you have a demo or talk idea, please, when would you like to present? > Doesn't need to fill the full time.* > > Confirmed room assignments courtesy of MIT > *Tentative Confirmed*: (subject to academic schedule change) > Tues Oct 11th, room E51-376 > ** NOV ** (2nd Tuesday in November in a Leap year is Election Day, i > think we'll skip, that'll be a busy news night for folks. Worse competition > than World Series or Olympics. We can pick an alternate date or do a > weekend social or off-week social.) > Tues Dec 13th, room E51-376 > > -- > Bill Ricker > [email protected] > https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
