The latest articles on DEV Community by Shiv Kumar Mishra (@shiv_kumarmishra_7954d27). https://dev.to/shiv_kumarmishra_7954d27 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3799608%2Fc735faa4-ba49-4b24-acb1-4fcbb81ecd6e.png https://dev.to/shiv_kumarmishra_7954d27 en Shiv Kumar Mishra Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:19:13 +0000 https://dev.to/shiv_kumarmishra_7954d27/memoptadaptive-linux-memory-governor-c-1871 https://dev.to/shiv_kumarmishra_7954d27/memoptadaptive-linux-memory-governor-c-1871 <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fi9rwy80c5iup1frdq4sv.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fi9rwy80c5iup1frdq4sv.png" alt=" " width="800" height="507"></a>A small tool called Memopt++ to help prevent Linux systems from slowing down or hitting OOM under heavy workloads.</p> <p>It monitors memory pressure in real time and reacts early by:</p> <p>Applying memory limits to heavy apps using cgroups v2</p> <p>Compressing inactive memory with ZRAM</p> <p>Merging duplicate pages using KSM</p> <p>Scaling control automatically as pressure increases</p> <p>Example: On an 8GB machine with 20+ browser tabs + Docker, instead of RAM jumping to 95% and freezing, it stabilizes usage earlier.</p> <p>It doesn’t add more RAM it just manages it smarter.</p> <p>Repo: <a href="https://github.com/Shivfun99/shiv-memopt" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/Shivfun99/shiv-memopt</a></p> <p>Open to feedback / suggestions.<a href="url"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fb2xveqvo1xzxpfmcz7xe.png" alt=" " width="800" height="485"></a></p> webdev opensource ai programming