Just a quick meta note. This article is really lengthy, I don't have time to read this level of detail for the background. For example the "Mark and Sweep" section takes up more than 4 pages on my laptop screen. That section starts more than 5 pages into the article. Is this the result of having AI help to write sections, and as a result making it too comprehensive? It's easy to generate content, but the editing decisions to keep the important parts haven't been made. I just want to know the part about the Arena allocator, I don't need a tutorial on garbage collection as well.
This is an interesting comment. The author, has been consistently making lengthy posts since 2021 - there's no reason to believe he is using AI as it doesn't look like his writing style has changed.
However, the reader has changed, and readers are notoriously lazy. Now instead of a "tl;dr", the reader might incredulous assume the writer is using AI. This is an interesting side effect.
FWIW: The Mark and Sweep section is specifically about Go's internal implementation of Mark and Sweep and is relevant context for the design decisions made in his arena. It is not generic AI slop about Mark and Sweep GCs.
