I've heard of using "Geiger counter allocators" -- custom allocators that make a...

joeld42 60 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Does anyone use sound effects in their dev...

I've heard of using "Geiger counter allocators" -- custom allocators that make a small click whenever an allocation happens to get a sense of when a program is doing lots of allocations, especially lots of small allocs, as it's running.