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00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Heap memory overview
03:45 - Tools for inspecting heap memory issues
07:40 - Transient memory growth overview
10:34 - Managing autorelease pool growth in Swift
13:57 - Persistent memory growth overview
16:00 - How the Xcode memory graph debugger works
20:15 - Reachability and ensuring memory is deallocated appropriately
21:54 - Resolving leaks of Swift closure contexts
24:13 - Leaks FAQ
26:51 - Comparing performance of weak and unowned
30:44 - Reducing reference counting overhead
32:06 - Cost of measurement
32:30 - Wrap up
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