Have you ever faced challenges with memory consumption and performance optimization while developing Java applications? Memory management plays a crucial role in how your application performs, and when building high-performance applications, especially for microservices, this is even more critical. GraalVM’s Native Image feature offers an excellent solution to reduce memory overhead and improve performance, but it comes with its own set of memory management techniques that you need to understand and leverage correctly. In this article, we’ll dive into the secrets behind effective memory management when using GraalVM Native Image. By the end of this piece, you'll understand how memory works in a native image, the optimization strategies you can use, and we’ll provide examples and demo results to clarify these concepts. Let's get started!