Improve Tachyon UX
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3.15
stdlib
topic-profiling
type-feature
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 77.2k
- Forks
- 35.9k
- PR merge metrics
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Description
This is a meta issue to group all the items to improve the UX of the tachyon profiler.
Tasks
CLI
- Standardize timing arguments — Currently mixing µs and seconds for related timing args, which is confusing
- Duration should default to "until done" - The fact that we sample only for 10 seconds by default is confusing to users and a bad experience
Workflow
- Auto-open browser with results — Reduce manual steps in the workflow; add
--no-browserflag to disable
Flamegraph
- Hide runner/bootstrap frames by default — Top rows showing interpreter startup aren't useful for most profiling tasks
- The Gil/gc/exception indicators could be progress bars — this probably will show the information more clearly and take less space
- Show module names instead of full file paths —
/home/user/project/pkg/mod.py→pkg.modfor readability - Show "self" time for functions — Display time spent in function body excluding callees, not just total inclusive time
- Move hotspots to top of sidebar — This is the most important info; currently buried below logo and stats
- Fix inverted flamegraph width — Currently shows narrow chart when leaves sum to small percentage, wasting screen space
Pstats
- Fix docs:
-ooutput format — Docs imply text output but it's actually binary pstats format - Standardize
--pstatsbehavior — Output format differs significantly with/without-oflag, which is unexpected
Thanks @dmoisset 🖤
Linked PRs
- gh-142934
- gh-142936
- gh-142987
- gh-143178
- gh-143180
- gh-143337
- gh-143388
- gh-144885
- gh-145329
- gh-145428
- gh-146040
- gh-147706
- gh-148118
- gh-148568
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
This is a meta issue for Tachyon profiler UX, and every listed task is marked complete. The issue references linked PRs gh-142934, gh-142936, gh-142987, gh-143178, gh-143180, gh-143337, gh-143388, gh-144885, gh-145329, gh-145428, gh-146040, gh-147706, gh-148118, and gh-148568; no remaining change or validation target is identified.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli, devtools, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 10/100