My blog post earlier this month about what causes Ruby memory bloat, and about a way to potentially reduce memory usage by 70%, triggered quite a storm in the community! It's clear that I stumbled upon a significant pain point.
Archive for Mar 2019
What causes Ruby memory bloat?
Ruby apps can use a lot of memory. But why? Various people in the community attribute it to memory fragmentation, and provide two “hacky” solutions. Dissatisfied by the current explanations and provided solutions, I set out on a journey to discover the deeper truth and to find better solutions.