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[AI summary] The authors explain how they discovered that using Ruby's built-in .hash method for PostgreSQL advisory locks was unreliable across separate MRI processes, leading to race conditions, and detail their solution of creating a custom PostgreSQL function to generate consistent 64-bit keys.
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Sam's Spot - Sam saffron's web log
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OMG! Happy Thursday! I am trying to be totally enthusiastic, but the truth is that I have a cold, so there will be fewer uppercase letters and exclamation points than usual. Anyway, I want to talk about database connection management in ActiveRecord. I am not too pleased with its current state of affairs. I would like to describe how ActiveRecord connection management works today, how I think it should work, and steps towards fixing the current system.
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Dr Silvio Cesare @silviocesare Summary Free list poisoning in a common heap exploitation technique which corrupts a heap allocators's ...
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