Brendan Gregg - Netflix - software and hardware he uses

Who are you, and what do you do?

I'm Brendan Gregg, I'm a senior performance architect at Netflix, and do large scale computer performance design, analysis, and tuning. Performance tuning improves the customer experience and saves the company money, by doing more with fewer resources. I also write technical books, contribute to open source projects, and speak at technical conferences as a performance expert. This year I gave the keynote at SCaLE, the Southern California Linux Expo, on Linux and Solaris performance differences.

What hardware do you use?

I'm currently using an Apple Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch as my work computer, connected to a 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt monitor when I'm at my desk. Apple products in the past have been very reliable, which is what I'm after. I use the DVORAK keyboard layout, for efficiency and performance. The keys are still labeled QWERTY, which I ignore.