Kirk Pepperdine

Independent Java performance consultant. “Measure, don’t guess.” Performance tuning, benchmarking, large-heap analysis, JVM crash diagnosis, training. Java Champion, creator of jPDM.

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Jul 9, 2026 Kirk Pepperdine

Nulling Out References Won't Help Your Garbage Collector

Learn how intricate and amazing the JVM is and how much cognitive load that it takes on so you rarely have to think about things that steal …

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