v2.9.0

What's Changed

• chore: bump coverallsapp/github-action from 2.1.0 to 2.1.2 by @dependabot in #254
• feat: use slab allocation for strings and bytes by @nrwiersma in #255
• chore: fix coverage badge by @nrwiersma in #256
• chore: fix formatting by @nrwiersma in #257
• chore: bump linter to v1.52.2 by @nrwiersma in #258
• chore: fix go report card by @nrwiersma in #259

Full Changelog: v2.8.1...v2.9.0