#memory-management — Public Fediverse posts

PostgreSQL and the OOM Killer: Why You Must Use Strict Memory Overcommit

https://www.ubicloud.com/blog/postgresql-and-the-oom-killer-why-we-use-strict-memory-overcommit

#HackerNews #PostgreSQL #OOMKiller #MemoryManagement #StrictOvercommit #DatabasePerformance

PostgreSQL and the OOM Killer: Why You Must Use Strict Memory Overcommit

https://www.ubicloud.com/blog/postgresql-and-the-oom-killer-why-we-use-strict-memory-overcommit

#HackerNews #PostgreSQL #OOMKiller #MemoryManagement #StrictOvercommit #DatabasePerformance

Weak References in Python
#Python #WeakReference #MemoryManagement #Engineering #SoftwareDevelopment

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/weak-references-python-rodrigo-cacilhas-2bsbf/

Fixing a kubelet memory leak in Kubernetes 1.36

https://heyoncall.com/blog/fixing-kubernetes-kubelet-memory-leak

#HackerNews #Kubernetes #kubelet #memory #leak #fixing #memorymanagement #cloudnative #devops

Fixing a kubelet memory leak in Kubernetes 1.36

https://heyoncall.com/blog/fixing-kubernetes-kubelet-memory-leak

#HackerNews #Kubernetes #kubelet #memory #leak #fixing #memorymanagement #cloudnative #devops

Gossamer: a Rust-flavoured language with real goroutines and pause-free memory

https://gossamer-lang.org/

#HackerNews #Gossamer #Rust #Goroutines #MemoryManagement #ProgrammingLanguage

Gossamer: a Rust-flavoured language with real goroutines and pause-free memory

https://gossamer-lang.org/

#HackerNews #Gossamer #Rust #Goroutines #MemoryManagement #ProgrammingLanguage

🚮🎨 Ah, the "art" of garbage collection! Because nothing screams excitement like automatic memory management, amirite? 😴✨ This updated edition promises to make memory management "interesting"—because who wouldn't want a front-row seat to the thrill ride of... memory leaks? 🎢💾
https://gchandbook.org/ #garbagecollection #memorymanagement #automemorymanagement #memoryleaks #techhumor #programming #HackerNews #ngated

🚮🎨 Ah, the "art" of garbage collection! Because nothing screams excitement like automatic memory management, amirite? 😴✨ This updated edition promises to make memory management "interesting"—because who wouldn't want a front-row seat to the thrill ride of... memory leaks? 🎢💾
https://gchandbook.org/ #garbagecollection #memorymanagement #automemorymanagement #memoryleaks #techhumor #programming #HackerNews #ngated

The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management (2nd Ed)

https://gchandbook.org/

#HackerNews #GarbageCollection #MemoryManagement #Programming #Books #TechLiterature

The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management (2nd Ed)

https://gchandbook.org/

#HackerNews #GarbageCollection #MemoryManagement #Programming #Books #TechLiterature

Ryan Zezeski's Memory by the Slab: The Tale of Bonwick's Slab Allocator (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQVd9mZr-jI

#memorymanagement #papers_we_love #kernels

Ryan Zezeski's Memory by the Slab: The Tale of Bonwick's Slab Allocator (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQVd9mZr-jI

#memorymanagement #papers_we_love #kernels

RT @Teknium: Wir haben soeben eine erweiterte Version des Memory-Management-Tools Hermes Agent zusammengeführt, das zur Speicherung, Bearbeitung und Löschung von Erinnerungen dient. Diese Version unterstützt nun Batch-Operationen, wodurch in den meisten Szenarien viele Aufrufe von Tool-Calls eingespart werden können!

mehr auf Arint.info

#BatchOperations #CLIUpdate #HermesAgent #MemoryManagement #SoftwareUpdate #TechNews #arint_info

https://x.com/Teknium/status/2067709161119551615#m

🚮 Python 3.14's garbage collector was such a "hit" that the team had to yank it out faster than you can say "incremental memory mismanagement." 🤦‍♂️ Apparently, the only thing it collected was complaints. 🙄
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/06/06/python-3-14-garbage-collection-rigamarole.html #Python314 #GarbageCollector #MemoryManagement #TechNews #ProgrammingFails #HackerNews #ngated

🚮 Python 3.14's garbage collector was such a "hit" that the team had to yank it out faster than you can say "incremental memory mismanagement." 🤦‍♂️ Apparently, the only thing it collected was complaints. 🙄
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/06/06/python-3-14-garbage-collection-rigamarole.html #Python314 #GarbageCollector #MemoryManagement #TechNews #ProgrammingFails #HackerNews #ngated

🎩🐴 Oh, the quaint charm of C-style void pointers in C++! Nostalgic Giovanni serenades us with tales of wrangling amorphous blobs of memory, like a cowboy at a rodeo, as if modern C++ were a distant dream. 🚀💾 Because who needs type safety when you can have the wild and untamed world of void*?
https://giodicanio.com/2026/06/05/how-to-declare-a-c-plus-plus-function-that-takes-a-blob-of-memory/ #CstylePointers #Nostalgia #TypeSafety #MemoryManagement #Cplusplus #RodeoCoding #HackerNews #ngated

The beauty and simplicity of the good old C-style void* in C++

https://giodicanio.com/2026/06/05/how-to-declare-a-c-plus-plus-function-that-takes-a-blob-of-memory/

#HackerNews #C++ #void* #programming #beauty #simplicity #memorymanagement

Ah, the riveting chronicles of Win16 Memory Management 🙄. Because nothing screams "edge of your seat" excitement like diving into the arcane scribbles of prehistoric computing. Spoiler alert: it's as thrilling as watching paint dry 🖌️.
http://www.os2museum.com/wp/win16-memory-management/ #Win16MemoryManagement #PrehistoricComputing #TechHumor #SoftwareHistory #MemoryManagement #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the riveting chronicles of Win16 Memory Management 🙄. Because nothing screams "edge of your seat" excitement like diving into the arcane scribbles of prehistoric computing. Spoiler alert: it's as thrilling as watching paint dry 🖌️.
http://www.os2museum.com/wp/win16-memory-management/ #Win16MemoryManagement #PrehistoricComputing #TechHumor #SoftwareHistory #MemoryManagement #HackerNews #ngated

Win16 Memory Management

http://www.os2museum.com/wp/win16-memory-management/

#HackerNews #Win16 #Memory #Management #Windows #Technology #OS2Museum #MemoryManagement

Win16 Memory Management

http://www.os2museum.com/wp/win16-memory-management/

#HackerNews #Win16 #Memory #Management #Windows #Technology #OS2Museum #MemoryManagement

Episode 33 ist raus!

Kind: 2, Smart Home: 0

https://share.transistor.fm/s/7a35c088

#homeassistant #linux #kde #childproofing #memorymanagement #malloc #matter #ikea

Viel Spaß beim Hören wünschen euch:
@ajfriesen und @behweh

Episode 33 ist raus!

Kind: 2, Smart Home: 0

https://share.transistor.fm/s/7a35c088

#homeassistant #linux #kde #childproofing #memorymanagement #malloc #matter #ikea

Viel Spaß beim Hören wünschen euch:
@ajfriesen und @behweh

Is this a reasonable definition of memory safety?

"Memory safety is a property, where all memory access is mediated by the platform to ensure that program memory can only be changed using the appropriate library functions."

(I feel ones at https://www.memorysafety.org/docs/memory-safety/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_safety start out too abstractly)

#security #cheri #memoryManagement

Is this a reasonable definition of memory safety?

"Memory safety is a property, where all memory access is mediated by the platform to ensure that program memory can only be changed using the appropriate library functions."

(I feel ones at https://www.memorysafety.org/docs/memory-safety/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_safety start out too abstractly)

#security #cheri #memoryManagement

Ever wondered what happened to "zombie objects" in Swift's memory management? Side tables now decouple object lifetime from weak reference bookkeeping, enabling more efficient ARC. A deep dive into strong, weak, and unowned reference trade-offs.

🔗: https://livsycode.com/swift/swift-arc-from-zombie-objects-to-side-tables/ by Artem Mirzabekian

#Swift #MemoryManagement #iOSDev

Ah, yet another #GitHub project promising to revolutionize the world by... generating LLVM IR without malloc. 🚀 Because who needs memory management anyway? 😂 It's like building a spaceship out of cardboard and claiming you've solved interstellar travel. 🌌
https://github.com/glouw/nibble #LLVMIR #memorymanagement #codinghumor #softwaredevelopment #techinnovation #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, yet another #GitHub project promising to revolutionize the world by... generating LLVM IR without malloc. 🚀 Because who needs memory management anyway? 😂 It's like building a spaceship out of cardboard and claiming you've solved interstellar travel. 🌌
https://github.com/glouw/nibble #LLVMIR #memorymanagement #codinghumor #softwaredevelopment #techinnovation #HackerNews #ngated

Your view disappeared but the view model's 𝑑𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡 never fired? Modifiers like 𝑜𝑛𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑚𝑖𝑡 and 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 can hold onto memory longer than expected inside 𝑁𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘. Weak captures solve it.

🔗: https://livsycode.com/swiftui/when-swiftui-modifiers-hold-onto-memory-longer-than-expected/ by Artem Mirzabekian

#SwiftUI #MemoryManagement #iOSDev

Memory leaks don't crash your app immediately - they just make it slower over time. Strong reference cycles in closures, delegates, timers, and async tasks are the usual culprits. Know when to use weak and unowned references.

🔗: https://hackernoon.com/memory-leaks-in-swift-the-silent-killer-of-ios-apps by Flaregun-dev (@hackernoon)

#Swift #iOSDev #MemoryManagement

Memory leaks don't crash your app immediately - they just make it slower over time. Strong reference cycles in closures, delegates, timers, and async tasks are the usual culprits. Know when to use weak and unowned references.

🔗: https://hackernoon.com/memory-leaks-in-swift-the-silent-killer-of-ios-apps by Flaregun-dev (@hackernoon)

#Swift #iOSDev #MemoryManagement

Modern technology breaks short-term memory. A new class of AI wearables could help people preserve thoughts before they disappear. https://hackernoon.com/what-if-the-next-killer-device-isnt-a-phone-but-a-memory-upgrade #memorymanagement

Modern technology breaks short-term memory. A new class of AI wearables could help people preserve thoughts before they disappear. https://hackernoon.com/what-if-the-next-killer-device-isnt-a-phone-but-a-memory-upgrade #memorymanagement

7-Zip 26.01 - Linux huge pages provide a solid 2.5–4.5% compression speedup on modern and cache-limited CPUs by reducing TLB overhead, but offer zero benefit for decompression or ancient hardware. #memorymanagement #x86 #hugepages #largepages #7zip #linux #compression #datacompression #benchmark #performance

Garbage Collection Without Unsafe Code

https://fitzgen.com/2024/02/06/safe-gc.html

#HackerNews #GarbageCollection #SafeCode #Rust #Programming #MemoryManagement

Oh, look! A toddler's journey into the wild world of memory management 🤯. "Baby's Second Garbage Collector"—because every fledgling coder needs a sequel to their first trash can 🗑️. Apparently, this is where your programming skills go to die of boredom. 💀
https://www.matheusmoreira.com/articles/babys-second-garbage-collector #toddlerCoding #memoryManagement #garbageCollector #programmingHumor #techJourney #HackerNews #ngated

A single-file C allocator with explicit heaps and tuning knobs

https://github.com/xtellect/spaces

#HackerNews #CProgramming #MemoryManagement #Allocators #HackerNews #GitHub

Everything old is new again: memory optimization

https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/03/everything-old-is-new-again-memory.html

#HackerNews #memoryoptimization #nostalgia #techinnovation #dataefficiency #memorymanagement

Anthropic deployed Auto Dream to address memory decay in Claude Code after 20+ sessions. The background sub-agent runs a four-phase consolidation cycle to merge duplicates, resolve contradictions, and convert relative dates - keeping the 200-line memory index functional. Developers reverse-engineered it before official docs appeared.

#AI #CodeAssistants #MemoryManagement

https://www.implicator.ai/anthropic-adds-auto-dream-to-claude-code-fixing-memory-decay-between-sessions/

Do you want to increase the performance of your #Linux application? Heaptrack is a powerful tool designed to track and analyze memory usage. You can easily identify memory leaks and optimize #performance, making your software run smoother and faster.

#MemoryManagement #Optimization

https://invent.kde.org/sdk/heaptrack

Aus dem Maschinenraum (agentenlog.de):
OpenViking: Enterprise Context Database für KI-Agenten mit Filesystem-Paradigma
https://agentenlog.de/posts/2026-03-23-openviking-enterprise-context-database-filesystem-paradigma
#Agentenlog #agenticengineering #contextdatabase #memorymanagement

How OpenClaw's Memory System Works

https://www.db0.ai/blog/how-openclaw-memory-works

#HackerNews #OpenClaw #Memory #System #Technology #MemoryManagement #AIDevelopment #HackerNews

Jemalloc Un-Abandoned by Meta

https://engineering.fb.com/2026/03/02/data-infrastructure/investing-in-infrastructure-metas-renewed-commitment-to-jemalloc/

#HackerNews #Jemalloc #Meta #Abandonment #TechInfrastructure #OpenSource #MemoryManagement

In this riveting snooze-fest, Jess Espino unravels the mysteries of Go's Scheduler, because clearly, there’s nothing more thrilling than P processors and lock-free allocations 💤🔧. For those of you who’ve always dreamed of understanding memory caches while dozing off, this 23-minute read is your golden ticket 🎟️🚪.
https://internals-for-interns.com/posts/go-runtime-scheduler/ #GoScheduler #MemoryManagement #TechReading #DeveloperHumor #HackerNews #ngated

A trip down a memory lane 😎:

“DOS Memory Management”, Michal Necasek (https://www.os2museum.com/wp/dos-memory-management/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47196864

#DOS #MSDOS #RetroComputing #MemoryManagement #PC #IBMPC #OldSkool #Nostalgia