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eBPF Tech Talks at P99 CONF 2025

Three P99 CONF eBPF talks on thread-level observability, concurrency testing, and reliable, memory-efficient eBPF instrumentation.

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Inside the Database Internals Talks at P99 CONF 2025

A sneak peek of the database internals talks you can look forward to at P99 CONF 2025…

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Better Async Rust Disk I/O

Comparing tokio, io_uring (via monoio) and others in real-world scenarios.

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Books by P99 CONF Speakers: AI Engineering, Latency, Distributed Systems & More

P99 CONF speakers have amassed a rather impressive list of publications, including quite a few books. This blog highlights 8 of them.

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P99 CONF 25 Agenda: The Wait is Over

See what’s in store for P99 CONF 2025…and be a part of what’s next.

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When VerticalPodAutoscaler Goes Rogue: How an Autoscaler Took Down Our Cluster

Bug hunt: Inside an all-nighter spent chasing down a hidden Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) misconfiguration.

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Rust Rewrites & Optimizations at P99 CONF 25

P99 CONF 2025 will be rather Rusty, yet again. Here’s a sneak peek into some of the Rust-focused talks we’ll be featuring.

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Go Performance Tuning Quick Start: Metrics, Profiling & Beyond

Continuous profiling in Go often surfaces slowdowns that never appear in benchmarks; this guide will help you get started.

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High Performance on a Low Budget: Gwen Shapira’s Tips for Startups

How even a scrappy early-stage startup can deliver outstanding performance.

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