`mimalloc`: Microsoft's High-Performance Drop-In `malloc` Replacement

A no-code-change allocator swap can cut memory overhead and improve throughput in native workloads. Worth testing when hosting bills or latency are driven by allocation-heavy code.

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mimalloc works as a drop-in malloc replacement, so existing programs can adopt it without source changes.
Claimed speedups: 13% faster than tcmalloc and over 2.5x faster than jemalloc in the cited comparison.
The pitch is consistency across workloads, not winning one narrow benchmark. That matters for production services with mixed traffic.

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