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For some context on why this release is notable: Jemalloc Postmortem [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44264958 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id

• ezst 8d ago
  > I don’t want to dwell on drama, but it is perhaps worth mentioning that we reached a sad end for jemalloc in the hands of Facebook/Meta even though most of the people involved were acting in good faith. Far from the only case. Trillion dollar companies having sudden interest in your open source project is not necessarily a long term benefit.
  • titanomachy 8d ago
    I thought it was developed internally there
    • beanjuiceII 8d ago
      but then we can't make it all about ripping on big companies
• eatonphil 8d ago
  And some additional context from a few months ago, building off the postmortem. https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/04/16/who-even-uses-jemalloc-anyway.html https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/04/16/who-even-uses-jemalloc...
  • nextaccountic 8d ago
    Also, 7 months ago, https://github.com/facebook/jemalloc https://github.com/facebook/jemalloc said > Development of Jemalloc will transition back to the original open source project: https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc. Meta’s fork of the Jemalloc project will be fully archived as part of the transition. We look forward to continuing the collaboration with the community to drive jemalloc. > See blog post for details: https://engineering.fb.com/2026/03/02/data-infrastructure/investing-in-infrastructure-metas-renewed-commitment-to-jemalloc/ https://engineering.fb.com/2026/03/02/data-infrastructure/in...
• pstoll 8d ago
  Post-ZIRP reality of corporate self-interest being re-established.