How much overhead is there really for garbage collection, is it as high as so many people say it is? My Courses: https://simondev.teachable.com/ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simondevyt Follow me on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/iced_coffee_dev Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beer_and_code/ Garbage Collection is often cited as a major source of performance problems in JavaScript. In this vdeo, we explore garbage collection a bit, and try to understand when and how the overhead is high and when it isn't. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracing_garbage_collection https://v8.dev/blog/free-garbage-collection https://v8.dev/blog/trash-talk