Brendan Gregg
Computer performance engineer; author of Systems Performance and BPF Performance Tools.
Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
Applied Cryptography - Bruce Schneier (Wiley, 1996)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
BPF Performance Tools by Brendan Gregg
BPF Performance Tools - Brendan Gregg (Addison-Wesley, 2019)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
Expert C Programming by Peter van der Linden
Expert C Programming - Peter van der Linden (Prentice Hall, 1994)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
Just For Fun by Linus Torvalds
Just For Fun - Linus Torvalds (Harper, 2002)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
Linux Kernel Development, 3rd Ed. by Robert Love
Linux Kernel Development, 3rd Ed. - Robert Love (Addison-Wesley, 2010)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich
Skunk Works - Ben R. Rich & Leo Janos (Black Bay Books, 1996)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
Systems Performance, 2nd edition by Brendan Gregg
Systems Performance 2nd edition - Brendan Gregg (Addison-Wesley, 2021)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The AWK Programming Language by Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, Peter J. Weinberger
The AWK Programming Language - Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, Peter J. Weinberger (Addison Wesley, 1988)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The Art of Capacity Planning by John Allspaw
The Art of Capacity Planning - John Allspaw (O'Reilly, 2008)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The Art of Unix Programming by Eric S. Raymond
The Art of Unix Programming - Eric S. Raymond (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The C Programming Language, 2nd Ed. by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
The C Programming Language 2nd Ed. - Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie (Prentice Hall, 1988)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll
The Cuckoo's Egg - Cliff Stoll (Gallery, 2005)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The Design of the Unix Operating System by Maurice J. Bach
The Design of the Unix Operating System - Maurice J. Bach (Prentice Hall, 1986)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks
The Mythical Man-Month - Frederick P. Brooks (Addison-Wesley, 1995/1975)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The No Asshole Rule by Robert I. Sutton
The No Asshole Rule - Robert I. Sutton (Business Plus, 2010)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The Practical Performance Analyst by Neil Gunther
The Practical Performance Analyst - Neil Gunther (McGraw Hill, 1997)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The Practice of Programming by Brian Kernighan, Rob Pike
The Practice of Programming - Brian Kernighan, Rob Pike (Addison-Wesley, 1999)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard (Penguin, 2006/1922)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
UNIX: A History and a Memoir by Brian W. Kernighan
UNIX: A History and a Memoir - Brian W Kernighan (independent, 2019)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Ed. by Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati
Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Ed. - Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati Ph.D. (O'Reilly, 2005)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon
Where Wizards Stay Up Late - Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
on brendangregg.com · 24 May 2025
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