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Jun 27, 2026

Allocators: Memory Retention and Performance

The memory allocator is a library you've probably never configured, yet it can silently double your RAM footprint. Six allocators, one identical Python web app: the leanest settled at 1099 MB, the heaviest peaked at 2306 MB — while latency stayed similar across all.

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