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by sfink 14 days ago
"RSS lies. Your process might not be using that memory. The allocator might be hoarding it."

Interesting writeup, but:

No, anonymous AI author. Your process is using that memory, for its allocator. Features like lower-latency allocations don't come for free, even when they turn out severely suboptimal for your particular case. Your code isn't using that memory, but a support library is. It is very much in your process.