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CAS (Re)Actor for Non-Blocking Multithreaded Primitives

July 23, 2018 by “No Bugs” Bunny

nano-(Re)Actors exchanging messages

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in 2017, I started to feel that the Dark Ages of mutex-based thread sync were over

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Another issue which almost universally rears its ugly head when speaking about not-so-trivial uses of CAS is the so-called ABA problem.

Filed under: On.System Architecture(Re)ActorsOn.ProgrammingTips and Tricks

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Testing Memory Allocators: ptmalloc2 vs tcmalloc vs hoard vs jemalloc While Trying to Simulate Real-World Loads

July 4, 2018 by “No Bugs” Bunny

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if you DO want to get performance from changing mallocs, make sure to test them with your own app

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in our humble opinion, overall winner so far (by a nose) is jemalloc.

Filed under: On.ProgrammingOptimizations

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The Curse of External Fragmentation: Relocate or Bust!

June 21, 2018 by “No Bugs” Bunny

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We won’t ever get (almost) any virtual memory back, plain and simple

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relocation allows not only to reduce fragmentation, but to eliminate it entirely.

Filed under: On.ProgrammingOptimizations

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How to consume an HTTP API

June 11, 2018 by “No Bugs” Bunny

Consuming API

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Programs are not the self-contained, self-reliant, self-sufficient things they once were.

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I highly recommend you log every HTTP request you send and every HTTP response you receive.

Filed under: On.ProgrammingTips and Tricks

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