This is a lecture about data and instruction level dependencies in high level languages like C#, Java etc. There's a lot of knowledge on the internet about this very topic but this is mostly reserved for ASM, C/C++ and hidden in CPU manuals.This is my attempt to introduce this subject to a broader audience. Sources: https://github.com/badamczewski/DataOrientedDesign/blob/master/DoDSamples/Samples/InstructionLevelDependency.cs Link to Branch Prediction lecture that's mentioned in the video: https://www....

This article describes some of the pitfalls that one may encounter while working with string in a high frequency environment. Most notably it exposes some of the problems with string Intern Pool.