diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eb63b13381930e84df5106726c4c6fd458cae971..d0d169b37089a181baffcca747e915df7f1d523d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,27 +4,26 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	gfx.cafe/open/websocket v1.9.2
-	gfx.cafe/util/go/bufpool v0.0.0-20230121041905-80dafb1e973e
-	gfx.cafe/util/go/frand v0.0.0-20230121041905-80dafb1e973e
-	gfx.cafe/util/go/generic v0.0.0-20230502013805-237fcc25d586
-	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1
-	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.30.4
+	gfx.cafe/util/go/bufpool v0.0.0-20230721185457-c559e86c829c
+	gfx.cafe/util/go/frand v0.0.0-20230721185457-c559e86c829c
+	gfx.cafe/util/go/generic v0.0.0-20230721185457-c559e86c829c
+	github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0
+	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.30.5
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/deckarep/golang-set v1.8.0
-	github.com/go-faster/jx v1.0.0
-	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.0
+	github.com/go-faster/jx v1.1.0
+	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2
 	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.3.0
-	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.28.0
-	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.0.5
-	github.com/rs/xid v1.4.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
+	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.1.0
+	github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 	tuxpa.in/a/zlog v1.61.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/aead/chacha20 v0.0.0-20180709150244-8b13a72661da // indirect
-	github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20200520072559-a9ecdc9d1d3a // indirect
+	github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20230218143504-906a9b012302 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/go-faster/errors v0.6.1 // indirect
@@ -32,17 +31,18 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.18 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.21 // indirect
+	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.28.0 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.30.0 // indirect
 	github.com/segmentio/asm v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230206171751-46f607a40771 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 466f91b5feee23d3c91988bb676d43a0fad32acc..84d4d2e0710820d0def8496ca0f117bd91ae1b37 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,21 +2,34 @@ gfx.cafe/open/websocket v1.9.2 h1:WePNf2xJ/TFfIXQAHWwVJ5Qa2PZNcf1WwrZAZkvrs9w=
 gfx.cafe/open/websocket v1.9.2/go.mod h1:HVqrW2llBPBeRV6htwgKzTe/0jKyPofDG4GY8LSyKW4=
 gfx.cafe/util/go/bufpool v0.0.0-20230121041905-80dafb1e973e h1:cx35whzZb3wcLhmOUOiqz0N4f6o9ZWVnRe386rW9R5c=
 gfx.cafe/util/go/bufpool v0.0.0-20230121041905-80dafb1e973e/go.mod h1:+DiyiCOBGS9O9Ce4ewHQO3Y59h66WSWAbgZZ2O2AYYw=
+gfx.cafe/util/go/bufpool v0.0.0-20230721185457-c559e86c829c h1:vhRmvfpB4dEg/IRXmB6rm8A66tvrm1HNkyIITaxQOdA=
+gfx.cafe/util/go/bufpool v0.0.0-20230721185457-c559e86c829c/go.mod h1:+DiyiCOBGS9O9Ce4ewHQO3Y59h66WSWAbgZZ2O2AYYw=
 gfx.cafe/util/go/frand v0.0.0-20230121041905-80dafb1e973e h1:A62zlsu3HkEAVRIb+cCpRIpSTmd047+ABV1KC2RsI2U=
 gfx.cafe/util/go/frand v0.0.0-20230121041905-80dafb1e973e/go.mod h1:LNHxMJl0WnIr5+OChYxlVopxk+j7qxZv0XvWCzB6uGE=
+gfx.cafe/util/go/frand v0.0.0-20230721185457-c559e86c829c h1:ZCCkzLPmcbw9tcON8DOx7YMZQIRzd/Z+5RH8bcvrNsA=
+gfx.cafe/util/go/frand v0.0.0-20230721185457-c559e86c829c/go.mod h1:LNHxMJl0WnIr5+OChYxlVopxk+j7qxZv0XvWCzB6uGE=
 gfx.cafe/util/go/generic v0.0.0-20230502013805-237fcc25d586 h1:dlvliDuuuI3E+HtVeZVQgKuGcf0fGNNNadt04fgTyX8=
 gfx.cafe/util/go/generic v0.0.0-20230502013805-237fcc25d586/go.mod h1:WvSX4JsCRBuIXj0FRBFX9YLg+2SoL3w8Ww19uZO9yNE=
+gfx.cafe/util/go/generic v0.0.0-20230721185457-c559e86c829c h1:alCfDKmPC0EC0KGlZWrNF0hilVWBkzMz+aAYTJ/2hY4=
+gfx.cafe/util/go/generic v0.0.0-20230721185457-c559e86c829c/go.mod h1:WvSX4JsCRBuIXj0FRBFX9YLg+2SoL3w8Ww19uZO9yNE=
 github.com/aead/chacha20 v0.0.0-20180709150244-8b13a72661da h1:KjTM2ks9d14ZYCvmHS9iAKVt9AyzRSqNU1qabPih5BY=
 github.com/aead/chacha20 v0.0.0-20180709150244-8b13a72661da/go.mod h1:eHEWzANqSiWQsof+nXEI9bUVUyV6F53Fp89EuCh2EAA=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.1.0 h1:tbredtNcQnoSd3QBhQWI7QZ3XHOVkw1Moklp2ojoH/0=
 github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1 h1:azoTh0IOfwlAX3qN9sHWTxACE2oV8Bg2gAwBsMwDQY4=
 github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.7.1/go.mod h1:n1iCIO2xS46oE8ZfYCNDqdR0b0wZNrXAIAqro/2132U=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0 h1:ryDCzutfIqJPnNn0omnrgHLbAggDQM2VWHikE1xqK7s=
+github.com/alecthomas/kong v0.8.0/go.mod h1:n1iCIO2xS46oE8ZfYCNDqdR0b0wZNrXAIAqro/2132U=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.1.0 h1:ENn2e1+J3k09gyj2shc0dHr/yjaWSHRlrJ4DPMevDqE=
 github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20200520072559-a9ecdc9d1d3a h1:HbKu58rmZpUGpz5+4FfNmIU+FmZg2P3Xaj2v2bfNWmk=
 github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20200520072559-a9ecdc9d1d3a/go.mod h1:SGnFV6hVsYE877CKEZ6tDNTjaSXYUk6QqoIK6PrAtcc=
+github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20230218143504-906a9b012302 h1:uvdUDbHQHO85qeSydJtItA4T55Pw6BtAejd0APRJOCE=
+github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20230218143504-906a9b012302/go.mod h1:SGnFV6hVsYE877CKEZ6tDNTjaSXYUk6QqoIK6PrAtcc=
 github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.30.4 h1:8S4/o1/KoUArAGbGwPxcwf0krlzceva2XVOSchFS7Eo=
 github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.30.4/go.mod h1:b25qWj4fCEsBeAAR2mlb0ufImGC6uH3VlUfb/HS5zKg=
+github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.30.5 h1:3r6kTHdKnuP4fkS8k2IrvSfxpxUTcW1SOL0wN7b7Dt0=
+github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.30.5/go.mod h1:b25qWj4fCEsBeAAR2mlb0ufImGC6uH3VlUfb/HS5zKg=
 github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.7.0 h1:ItPMPH90RbmZJt5GtkcNvIRuGEdwlBItdNVoyzaNQao=
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5 h1:rtVBYPs3+TC5iLUVOis1B9tjLTup7Cj5IfzosKtvTJ0=
 github.com/bsm/gomega v1.26.0 h1:LhQm+AFcgV2M0WyKroMASzAzCAJVpAxQXv4SaI9a69Y=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
@@ -37,8 +50,12 @@ github.com/go-faster/errors v0.6.1 h1:nNIPOBkprlKzkThvS/0YaX8Zs9KewLCOSFQS5BU06F
 github.com/go-faster/errors v0.6.1/go.mod h1:5MGV2/2T9yvlrbhe9pD9LO5Z/2zCSq2T8j+Jpi2LAyY=
 github.com/go-faster/jx v1.0.0 h1:HE+ms2e6ZGkZ6u13t8u+onBinrPvIPI+0hWXGELm74g=
 github.com/go-faster/jx v1.0.0/go.mod h1:zm8SlkwK+H0TYNKYtVJ/7cWFS7soJBQWhcPctKyYL/4=
+github.com/go-faster/jx v1.1.0 h1:ZsW3wD+snOdmTDy9eIVgQdjUpXRRV4rqW8NS3t+20bg=
+github.com/go-faster/jx v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vKDNikrKoyUmpzaJ0OkIkRQClNHFX/nF3dnTJZb3skg=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.0 h1:mXKd9Qw4NuzShiRlOXKews24ufknHO7gx30lsDyokKA=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.0/go.mod h1:6MelG93GURQebXPDq3khkgXZkazVtN9CRI+MGFi0w8I=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 h1:CrxCmQqYDkv1z7lO7Wbh2HN93uovUHgrECaO5ZrCXAU=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2/go.mod h1:6MelG93GURQebXPDq3khkgXZkazVtN9CRI+MGFi0w8I=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
@@ -66,6 +83,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27k
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.18 h1:DOKFKCQ7FNG2L1rbrmstDN4QVRdS89Nkh85u68Uwp98=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.18/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 h1:JITubQf0MOLdlGRuRq+jtsDlekdYPia9ZFsB8h/APPA=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.2 h1:Aak5U0nElisjDCfPSG79Tgzkn2gl66NxOMspRrKnA/g=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.4.1 h1:Y35W1dgbbz2SQUYDPCaclXcuqleVmpbRa7646Jf2EX4=
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.21 h1:2TBTh0UDE74eNXQmV4HofsmRSCiVN0TH2Wgrp6BD6fk=
@@ -82,13 +101,19 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.0.5 h1:CuQcn5HIEeK7BgElubPP8CGtE0KakrnbBSTLjathl5o=
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.0.5/go.mod h1:WqMKv5vnQbRuZstUwxQI195wHy+t4PuXDOjzMvcuQHk=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.1.0 h1:137FnGdk+EQdCbye1FW+qOEcY5S+SpY9T0NiuqvtfMY=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.1.0/go.mod h1:urWj3He21Dj5k4TK1y59xH8Uj6ATueP8AH1cY3lZl4c=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0 h1:73kH8U+JUqXU8lRuOHeVHaa/SZPifC7BkcraZVejAe8=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.4.0 h1:qd7wPTDkN6KQx2VmMBLrpHkiyQwgFXRnkOLacUiaSNY=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.4.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0 h1:mKX4bl4iPYJtEIxp6CYiUuLQ/8DYMoz0PUdtGgMFRVc=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.28.0/go.mod h1:NILgTygv/Uej1ra5XxGf82ZFSLk58MFGAUS2o6usyD0=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0 h1:Zes4hju04hjbvkVkOhdl2HpZa+0PmVwigmo8XoORE5w=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0/go.mod h1:NILgTygv/Uej1ra5XxGf82ZFSLk58MFGAUS2o6usyD0=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.30.0 h1:SymVODrcRsaRaSInD9yQtKbtWqwsfoPcRff/oRXLj4c=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.30.0/go.mod h1:/tk+P47gFdPXq4QYjvCmT5/Gsug2nagsFWBWhAiSi1w=
 github.com/segmentio/asm v1.2.0 h1:9BQrFxC+YOHJlTlHGkTrFWf59nbL3XnCoFLTwDCI7ys=
 github.com/segmentio/asm v1.2.0/go.mod h1:BqMnlJP91P8d+4ibuonYZw9mfnzI9HfxselHZr5aAcs=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
@@ -98,6 +123,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.0 h1:BojcDhfyDWgU2f2TOzYK/g5p2gxMrku8oupLDqlnSqE=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.0/go.mod h1:GBR0iDaNXjAgGg9zfCvksxSRnQx76gclCIb7kdAd1Pw=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0 h1:6Ewdq3tDic1mg5xRO4milcWCfMVQhI4NkqWWvqejpuA=
@@ -112,6 +139,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220915200043-7b5979e65e41/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0 h1:SqMFp9UcQJZa+pmYuAKjd9xq1f0j5rLcDIk0mj4qAsA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 h1:eG7RXZHdqOJ1i+0lgLgCpSXAp6M3LYlAo6osgSi0xOM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20191024005414-555d28b269f0/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 h1:rg5rLMjNzMS1RkNLzCG38eapWhnYLFYXDXj2gOlr8j4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 8501f242162b8c8e08186551d4bf706b0ab8c304..faecab72859239f612ea33ce880737e1944ea656 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@ type notifyEnv struct {
 
 func (c *callResponder) notify(ctx context.Context, env *notifyEnv) error {
 	enc := jx.GetEncoder()
-	if cap(enc.Bytes()) < 4096 {
-		enc.SetBytes(make([]byte, 0, 4096))
-	}
+	enc.Grow(4096)
 	enc.ResetWriter(c.remote)
 	defer jx.PutEncoder(enc)
 	//enc := jx.NewStreamingEncoder(c.remote, 4096)
@@ -266,9 +264,7 @@ func (c *callResponder) send(ctx context.Context, env *callEnv) (err error) {
 	}
 	// create the streaming encoder
 	enc := jx.GetEncoder()
-	if cap(enc.Bytes()) < 4096 {
-		enc.SetBytes(make([]byte, 0, 4096))
-	}
+	enc.Grow(4096)
 	enc.ResetWriter(c.remote)
 	defer jx.PutEncoder(enc)
 	if env.batch {