This writing feels a little sloppy > At Instagram, we do the simple thing first. [...] Lesson learned: prove your theory before going for it. So do they no lo

This writing feels a little sloppy > At Instagram, we do the simple thing first. [...] Lesson learned: prove your theory before going for it. So do they no longer do the simple thing first? More on topic: this seems like they optimized something in a way that might really constrain them down the road. Now if anyone creates an object that isn't covered by ref-counting they will get OOMs.