Linux Performance Analysis (perf-tools)

Linux Performance Analysis: New Tools and Old Secrets from Brendan Gregg

JIT

JIT in Python via LLVM
http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2015/building-and-using-llvmlite-a-basic-example/
http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2012/08/10/building-and-using-llvmpy-a-basic-example

http://nullprogram.com/blog/2015/03/19/  A Basic Just-In-Time Compiler
http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/now-or-never-exec how to add PROT_EXEC on mmap

Rust

http://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/04/24/Rust-Once-Run-Everywhere.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CwJ0MH-4MA Rust from Python via cffi

Library Operating System with Mainline Linux Network Stack - Hajime Tazaki

Library Operating System for Linux #netdev01 from Hajime Tazaki

Entering the BIOS

Code Reuse

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. 

Albert Einstein