This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Aleksei Aleinikov
High‑throughput Go services often choke not on logic, but on allocation churn + GC scans.
That’s where arenas come in:
•Allocate many objects “in bulk”
•Free them all at once (end of request/job)
•Reduce GC pressure & tail latency
I share 3 real‑world patterns I use arenas for:
Parsing request logs without heap trash
Building graphs then keeping only compact snapshots
Assembling JSON responses with fewer allocations
Full breakdown with code
https://levelup.gitconnected.com/request-scoped-speed-go-arenas-explained-2025-ac9dae78889e
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Aleksei Aleinikov