Personal blog by Aleksey Maltsev
It started with a simple thought: four bytes in a hash table bucket look just like an integer. Luckily, this one idea led to a deep dive into bit-twiddling and a 2x performance boost.
An opinionated and short collection of bitwise tricks that make sense at an average 1x engineer's code.
Meet the data structure that refuses trade-offs: identical footprint to Bloom, fewer false positives, and deletion that works without overhead. Grab all three!
Bloom filters can't remove elements — unless you let them count.
How a tiny data structure cuts memory usage by 90% — while helping systems instantly check if data exists.
Craving Kotlin's secure pattern matching on sealed classes for your C# code? Discover how the Visitor Pattern can satisfy your longing!
Learn how to easily check the status of your MongoDB operations with this step-by-step guide.
Do you want to improve performance of caching? Get rid of Dictionary and use just CLR for that!
How and when to use deconstruction syntax-sugar for your custom types in C#
Learn about the different options available for testing private logic in C# and how the InternalsVisibleTo attribute can help you access internal members without compromising the encapsulation of your code.
Learn how to use "magic" attributes in C#, such as CallerFilePath, CallerLineNumber, and CallerMemberName, to retrieve caller information and improve logging functionality.
Discover the simple yet powerful technique of using bitwise shift operator in C# Enums, and how it can improve the readability and maintainability of your code.