The Go runtime isn't aware if it runs inside a container under the resource constraints (CPU or memory). A mismatch in what the application thinks is has, and what the OS allows to use, can lead to the poor performance of the application after the unexpected…

The second part of a three part look at new features in Go 1.20.

Google's Go compiler and runtime team meets periodically (roughly weekly) to discuss ongoing development of the compiler and runtime. While not open to the public, there's been desire by th...

Learn how frame pointer unwinding could significantly reduce the CPU overhead of the Go execution tracer.

Go 1.20 Experiment with Memory Arenas

Just published a new blog post 🥳

Go arm64 Function Call Assembly

It covers only 14 assembly instructions, but tries to do so in full depth. No hand waving at the software/hardware interface 😅.

Let me know if you find any mistakes!

https://t.co/hObfksNFC3

Encoding to Protocol Buffers usually require a proto definition file. But, by using low-level primitives and a code-defined schema, fast encoding...

“Profile-guided optimization preview” by @prattmic — https://t.co/wAm2kzAxbh

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type parameters, type sets, comparable types, constraint satisfaction

A common task in Go API design is returning a byte slice. In this post I will explore some old techniques and a new one. In particular, we'll see how the mid-stack inliner interacts with escape analysis to make it possible for the most natural API to be also…

Learn how to visualize CPU samples from Go execution traces with FlameScope.

Or, speeding up writing binary data in Go by 14x. Code here.

Google's Go compiler and runtime team meets periodically (roughly weekly) to discuss ongoing development of the compiler and runtime. While not open to the public, there's been desire by th...

Initial release of SwissMap, a Golang port of Abseil's flat_hash_map.

This blog post is an exploration of JSON parser performance, and, ultimately, a description of the high-performance JSON parser used in CockroachDB.

The sha_ni sha256 instructions have been shown to provide an ~4x increase in hash rate on newer amd64 systems versus the avx2 implementation. Transliterating the Linux implementation shows an up to...

Building a database from scratch is no small feat. Doing so in Go might just be pure madness. In this talk, Co-Founder & CTO Etienne Dilocker highlights the unique challenges and their creative solutions that our development team encountered while building…