Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

James Gayfer @jgayfer@fosstodon.org

7/5/2025, 8:36:30 PM

Public

I've been chasing out of memory issues in #Python for literally years at this point. Every 2-3 weeks I've needed to restart my app (lest I leave it to crash from running out of memory).

I've tried every trick in the book to find the "memory leak", and while I've made a few improvements, nothing has stopped the continual climb of memory use.

That is until a month ago. I gave jemalloc (an alternative memory allocator) a try.

The result? 30+ days of uptime with 11GB of RAM to spare 😎

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