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| | [AI summary] This technical article provides a comprehensive in-depth explanation of the zlib library, covering its internal implementation of the deflate algorithm (LZ77 and Huffman encoding), I/O buffering strategies, and various performance optimizations from companies like Intel, Google, and Facebook.
| | nullprogram.com
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| | [AI summary] An experienced programmer details a custom C implementation of a hash table using a specific technique called mask-step-index (MSI) to optimize performance and handle edge cases like deletion and dynamic resizing.
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| | In my distributed systems course a couple weeks ago, we were discussing how the anti-entropy mechanism in the Dynamo key-value store uses Merkle trees to efficiently compare the data stored on different replicas. The idea is this: suppose that two replicas (on different physical machines, perhaps on opposite sides of the planet) are each storing some large number of key-value pairs. Suppose you want to make sure that the values of the keys on replica A are the same as those of the corresponding keys on r...
| | cbloomrants.blogspot.com
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| We just did an interesting thing at RAD that's kind of related to what I've been writing about. A while ago Dmitry Shkarin (ppmii inven...