This reads like it's referencing something specific. Am I out of the loop or is this just about heap exploits in general?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477057
Which was sort of strongly reacted to (atop is wide spread and the blog author has a bit of a following here).
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477057
Edited to be the HN post.