February 10 2025
Yandex, a leading Russian tech giant, has unveiled a new tool named 'Perforator' that aims to streamline the debugging process. This open-source tool is designed to detect and reduce latency in applications by identifying inefficiencies in the code.
Perforator offers an innovative approach to debugging that transcends traditional methods. It's designed with a focus on tracing, rather than the conventional debugging and profiling methods. The tool provides detailed insights into the workings of the system, allowing developers to spot inefficiencies and improve the performance of their applications.
The tool works by enabling developers to insert probes into the code. These probes, once active, record the system’s behavior in real time, providing instant, insightful data about the system’s operations. The tool then processes this data, generating a latency histogram that shows how long each operation takes. This allows developers to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in their code, thereby increasing the overall efficiency of their applications.
One of the key advantages of Perforator is its ability to work in a live production environment. This means developers can debug and profile their applications in real time, without needing to recreate the same conditions in a testing environment. This feature helps to save time and resources, making the debugging process more efficient.
Perforator is an open-source tool, meaning it's freely available for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. Developers interested in using Perforator can find the tool on Yandex's GitHub page.
