254 - 8× faster 5× memory savings with Dan Rusu’s Immutable Arrays

In this episode, discover how Dan Rusu’s pods4k Immutable Arrays library can deliver 2–8× speed boosts and 5× lower memory usage in Kotlin/Android apps. We first revisit the fundamentals of autoboxing/unboxing and immutability to understand their impact on performance. Then we hear from Dan himself on his library, motiviations for building it, how the benchmarks were calculated and much much more. Our grand finale episode for 2024. Hope you enjoy it!Full Shownotes at https://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/254.Show NotesImmutable Arrays on githubImmutability episode #66 on Immutability with Ryan HarterJMH - Java Microbenchmark HarnessImmutable Arrays Benchmarks page for Immutable Arrays (pods4k)Dan's post - Kotlin avoids entire categories of Java defectsK2 compilerDan RusuWebsitepods4k github discussionsContact usfragmentedpodcast.comContact usYoutubeKaushik:kau.sh (links to everything)ThreadsBlueskyYoutube@kaushikgopalDisclaimer: Links shared might be affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.