base64_simd and mimalloc optimizations

Cargo.toml

@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ memchr = "2"
 ring = "0.17"
 prost = "0.13"
 tracing = "0.1"
-base64 = "0.22"
 ntex-cors = "2"
 dotenvy = "0.15"
 sailfish = "0.9"
-mimalloc = "0.1"
 serde_trim = "1"
 jsonwebtoken = "9"
 quick_cache = "0.6"
+base64-simd = "0.8"
 postgres-derive = "0.4"
 deadpool-postgres = "0.14"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
@@ -40,6 +39,11 @@ dashmap = { version = "6", features = ["inline", "raw-api"] }
 postgres-types = { version = "0.2", features = ["with-chrono-0_4"] }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12", features = ["arc_lock", "nightly"] }
 garde = { version = "0.20", features = ["derive", "email", "email-idna"] }
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1", features = [
+    "extended",
+    "local_dynamic_tls",
+    "override",
+] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = [
     "parking_lot",
     "env-filter",

src/utils/password_hash.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use base64::{engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, Engine};
+use base64_simd::{Out, STANDARD};
 use ring::{
     pbkdf2,
     rand::{SecureRandom, SystemRandom},
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl PasswordHasher {
             hashed_password[..PASS_SALT_LEN].copy_from_slice(&salt);
             hashed_password[PASS_SALT_LEN..].copy_from_slice(&hash);
 
-            Ok(STANDARD.encode(hashed_password))
+            Ok(STANDARD.encode_to_string(hashed_password))
         })
         .await
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(CommonError::InternalServerError)?)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl PasswordHasher {
             let mut combined = [0u8; PASS_SALT_LEN + PASS_CREDENTIAL_LEN];
 
             STANDARD
-                .decode_slice_unchecked(encoded, &mut combined) // Unchecked because the size of the hash is static
+                .decode(encoded.as_bytes(), Out::from_slice(&mut combined)) // Unchecked because the size of the hash is static
                 .map_err(|_| CommonError::HashingFailed)?;
 
             let (salt, hash) = unsafe { combined.split_at_unchecked(PASS_SALT_LEN) };