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Hello, I'm Will

I'm a software engineer based out of Vancouver, currently working for AWS in S3.

I sometimes write about topics I find interesting or projects I work on to learn new things.

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Oops! JVM Heap Compression Gotcha

FEB 06

JVM heap compression. The JVM heap dead zone

Python Hash Collision

APR 09

Explaining a very easy hash collision in Python's built-in hash function.

Arena Allocators

FEB 28

Exploring the implementation of arena allocators.