Using Channels and ValueTask to cut C# service latency
Summary During a recent high-throughput telemetry ingestion spike, our service experienced significant GC (Garbage Collection) pressure and lock contention, leading to increased latency in our processing pipeline. The incident was traced back to an improper use of ConcurrentDictionary for producer-consumer patterns and a misunderstanding of the allocation overhead between Task and ValueTask in hot paths. … Read more