Performance analysis tool which makes it easy to use Intel Processor Trace to visualize every function call made leading up to an event of interest with nanosecond precision. I designed and implemented this (along with an intern I mentored) for Jane Street, where it’s been incredibly successful internally, and wrote a…
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Inspired by a few different conversations with friends who’ve switched to macOS where I give them a whole bunch of tips and recommendations I’ve learned about over many years which are super important to how I use my computer, but often quite hard to find out about, I decided to write them all down:
A few months ago I bought a featureless cube of tungsten. It’s 1.5 inches across and cost $130, but I argue it was one of the best purchases I’ve made recently.