/memory-optimization

name: memory-optimization
description: >
  Profile and optimize application memory usage. Identify memory leaks, reduce
  memory footprint, and improve efficiency for better performance and
  reliability.

Memory Optimization

Table of Contents

• [Overview](#overview)
• [When to Use](#when-to-use)
• [Quick Start](#quick-start)
• [Reference Guides](#reference-guides)
• [Best Practices](#best-practices)

Overview

Memory optimization improves application performance, stability, and reduces infrastructure costs. Efficient memory usage is critical for scalability.

When to Use

• High memory usage
• Memory leaks suspected
• Slow performance
• Out of memory crashes
• Scaling challenges

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

// Browser memory profiling

// Check memory usage
performance.memory: {
  jsHeapSizeLimit: 2190000000,    // Max available
  totalJSHeapSize: 1300000000,    // Total allocated
  usedJSHeapSize: 950000000       // Currently used
}

// React DevTools Profiler
- Open React DevTools → Profiler
- Record interaction
- See component renders and time
- Identify unnecessary renders

// Chrome DevTools
1. Open DevTools → Memory
2. Take heap snapshot
3. Compare before/after
4. Look for retained objects
5. Check retained sizes

// Node.js profiling
node --inspect app.js
// Open chrome://inspect
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the `references/` directory:

| Guide | Contents | |---|---| | [Memory Profiling](references/memory-profiling.md) | Memory Profiling | | [Memory Leak Detection](references/memory-leak-detection.md) | Memory Leak Detection | | [Optimization Techniques](references/optimization-techniques.md) | Optimization Techniques | | [Monitoring & Targets](references/monitoring-targets.md) | Monitoring & Targets |

Best Practices

✅ DO

• Follow established patterns and conventions
• Write clean, maintainable code
• Add appropriate documentation
• Test thoroughly before deploying

❌ DON'T

• Skip testing or validation
• Ignore error handling
• Hard-code configuration values