A New Age of JVM Garbage Collectors
Some programmers might think that garbage collection is a solved problem. It runs with the VM and takes care of your unused objects – what else would you want? However, the recent spike of interest in new garbage collectors for JVM (Shenandoah, ZGC) and beyond (Go GC) shows that there are still possibilities for improvement. In this talk, we will briefly walk through the history of memory management and discover what the modern GCs can do for you.
Alexander Yakushev
Grammarly
@unlog1c
Alexander is a software engineer at Grammarly where he builds and maintains the backend NLP infrastructure. His interests range from the intricacies of CPU design to fighting the complexities of large-scale software systems. Alexander also writes about Clojure performance topics in his blog Clojure-Goes-Fast.com.