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by gurjeet 1549 days ago
> Wachy uses the magic of eBPF ...

eBPF may be magical, but because it's not readily usable, nobody uses its magical powers.

I haven't tried Wachy, yet, but the short demo video on the landing page shows the power of eBPF, and the ease-of-use of Wachy.

I think Wachy is what would truly make eBPF magical.

I'm working my way back into contributing to Postgres community, and this will come in handy to chase performance issues.

Great job on coming up with the idea, executing it, making a polished product, and a polished demo video!

Thank you for making Wachy!

Just a small piece of advice: You pronounce it almost like "Whacky" in your demo. I thought it would be pronounced as "Watch-e". Choosing a better name, without ambiguity on how to pronounce it, would reduce confusion when people mention it to each other, make it easier for people to search for it on the internet, and may also help in adoption. Think of a better name/spelling, but don't lose the focus on making the tool better.

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Thanks! Fair point about the naming - as they say, there are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation and naming things (and off-by-one errors). My personal view is that everyone should be free to pronounce things as they like (e.g. gif) but I didn't realize the implications for sharing and adoption.