Michael Eisel

What is the impact of LuLu on network performance?

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In the past, I've seen a substantial networking performance impact from VPNs because of how they hook into Apple's networking stack, even for domains that aren't being accessed through the...

kpc_get_thread_counters crash

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When I try to run `get_counters` from the `2021/03/24` project, I get a crash when trying to run `kpc_get_thread_counters` even as sudo. I'm on an Intel Mac, and I know...

Using an alternative to NSJSONSerialization

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NSJSONSerialization is one of the more stable JSON parsers, but it's not as fast as it could be. Further, when you have the choice of how to convert things from...

Providing a list of security-related bugs

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When deciding whether or not to update my version of simdjson in ZippyJSON, one of the big factors is security. I'm not necessarily interested in new APIs or features, but...

Faster double-to-string operation when writing out JSON

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I'm not sure how high of a priority the speed of writing out JSON is. But if it is, I have a prototype that runs in about 40% the time...

Add a difference_type for the array iterator

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This makes it possible to do stuff like `std::distance(element.begin(), element.end())`

Detect if any keys have non-ASCII characters

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Non-ascii keys seem pretty weird, but I guess they must be out there. Normally, there are no keys like this and so you can deal with strings in a fast...

In ZippyJSON, it's helpful not to have to keep track of the path to an element, but in exceptional circumstances to be able to fetch that path efficiently. This is...

Using C-compatible POD types for better language interop

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PODs, being C-ish types, generally have much easier interop with other languages. Currently when I pass `element` types across the Swift/C++ barrier in ZippyJSON, I use the following overall approach...

Because RxSwift and Combine are so similar, and because Combine is an Apple-provided library, would it be worth it to switch to a backwards-compatible version of it, e.g. [OpenCombine](https://github.com/broadwaylamb/OpenCombine)? That...