Re:Show HN: pg_flame – flamegraph visualizations of PostgreS...
by mgartner on Monday October 28, 2019 @11:28AM
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I think the text display is great too! I built pg_flame mostly to help understand the relative timing of each step. Your brain can compare the size of each bar in a flamegraph virtually instantly, while comparing a bunch of actual time numbers scattered throughout the text output takes some time.
tldr; use both as needed