SMRTR ProgrammingNov 11, 2024Lobsters

Analyzing the codebase of Caffeine: a high performance caching library

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Caffeine is a high-performance Java caching library that uses advanced eviction policies and data structures. It employs a Window TinyLFU policy, frequency sketches, and hierarchical timer wheels to optimize cache hit rates and efficiently manage expiration. These techniques allow Caffeine to outperform traditional LRU caches in many scenarios.

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