The Missing Half of Performance Profiling: Understanding Memory in Cloud Native Syste... Dom Delnano

This talk, presented by Dom Delnano from Cosmic, focuses on the critical topic of memory profiling in cloud-native systems. It highlights the challenges that have prevented memory profiling from achieving the same prominence as CPU profiling, despite the rising demand for performance visibility. The speaker discusses various profiling tools, including language-specific debuggers and new observability solutions, examining their unique sampling strategies and trade-offs. The session aims to provide a foundational understanding of memory profiling, its complexities, and its potential evolution to align with the advancements seen in continuous CPU profiling.