http://jbylund.github.io/tags/memory/Recent content in Memory on Joe BylundHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Joe BylundFri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://jbylund.github.io/posts/00640_string-interning-rust/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://jbylund.github.io/posts/00640_string-interning-rust/The Rust card store held 96k printings, each owning its own heap-allocated strings — even though ‘Forest’ appears 130 times with the same set name and ‘Shock’ has the same oracle text across every printing. Replacing each unique string with a u32 ID cut the archived card data from 107 MB to 47 MB and the build-time heap from 205 MB to 145 MB.