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Intro topic: Video Game Prices News/Links: * Step one: Jump in the Lava - Abyssoft * https://youtu.be/WdadpHLAfdA?si=oXYnhB0EdkR_RaPE ( https://youtu.be/WdadpHLAfdA?si=oXYnhB0EdkR_RaPE ) * Scalable world models for continuous control * https://www.tdmpc2.com/ ( https://www.tdmpc2.com/ ) * Clever code is probably the worst code you could write - Engineer’s Codex * https://read.engineerscodex.com/p/clever-code-is-probably-the-worst ( https://read.engineerscodex.com/p/clever-code-is-probably-the-worst ) * A new, open source text-to-speech model called Dia has arrived to challenge ElevenLabs, OpenAI and more * https://venturebeat.com/ai/a-new-open-source-text-to-speech-model-called-dia-has-arrived-to-challenge-elevenlabs-openai-and-more/ ( https://venturebeat.com/ai/a-new-open-source-text-to-speech-model-called-dia-has-arrived-to-challenge-elevenlabs-openai-and-more/ ) Book of the Show * Patrick * The Muscle Ladder - Jeff Nippard * https://amzn.to/44Dznsz ( https://amzn.to/44Dznsz ) * Jason * Metaphysics of War * https://amzn.to/4jMjvZ5 ( https://amzn.to/4jMjvZ5 ) Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h ( https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h ) Tool of the Show * Patrick * Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket * Jason * Phi-4 * https://huggingface.co/spaces/microsoft/phi-4-multimodal ( https://huggingface.co/spaces/microsoft/phi-4-multimodal ) Topic: Memory Management * Motivation * Avoid thrashing / crashes * Allocate resources efficiently * Keep high uptime * Where * OS Level * Heap management * Virtual Memory * Language/Compiler Level * Cpp * Garbage collection * Ownership * Tools * Instrumentation * Export to Datadog / Grafana * Python: psutil & tracemalloc * Valgrind * What to do when your program uses too much memory? * Reduce data sizes * Compression * References * Lazy initializer * Generators & Back Pressure * Ring buffers * Arena allocators * Disk based caching Programming Throwdown Episode 181 May 12, 2025 ★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/353d5585 ★ Additional episodes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/