2019 - Golang memory footprint

by Liviu Esanu Any program needs two things to perform: CPU and memory. Today, we have in many cases enough of both resources. To build efficient programs, understanding the way memory works is both useful and practical. To fully grasp the advanced concepts takes a lot of time and effort. However, with a much smaller time invest you can understand the biggest issues and develop a set of best practices. This talk describes the memory footprint of the most commonly used Golang data structures, the collectio