diff --git a/ev_str.h b/ev_str.h
index 70d798a..29a557c 100644
--- a/ev_str.h
+++ b/ev_str.h
@@ -40,7 +40,14 @@
 /*!
  * \brief Rate at which an evstring grows whenever a resize is needed
  */
-#define EV_STR_GROWTH_FACTOR 2
+#define EV_STR_GROWTH_FACTOR 3 / 2
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EV_STR_MIN_CAPACITY
+/*!
+ * \brief Rate at which an evstring grows whenever a resize is needed
+ */
+#define EV_STR_MIN_CAPACITY 4
 #endif
 
 typedef char *evstring;
@@ -120,6 +127,11 @@ evstring_cmp(
     const evstring s1,
     const evstring s2);
 
+EV_STR_API i32
+evstring_view_cmp(
+    const evstring_view v1,
+    const evstring_view v2);
+
 EV_STR_API evstring_error_t
 evstring_pushChar(
     evstring *s,
@@ -213,6 +225,15 @@ TYPEDATA_GEN(evstring,
     FREE(Default)
 );
 
+DEFINE_EQUAL_FUNCTION(evstring_view, Default)
+{
+  return evstring_view_cmp(*self, *other) == 0;
+}
+
+TYPEDATA_GEN(evstring_view,
+    EQUAL(Default),
+);
+
 
 #if defined(EV_STR_IMPLEMENTATION)
 
@@ -380,7 +401,8 @@ evstring_grow(
     evstring *s)
 {
     evstr_asserttype(*s);
-    return evstring_setCapacity(s, META(*s)->capacity * EV_STR_GROWTH_FACTOR);
+    u64 new_cap = max(EV_STR_MIN_CAPACITY, META(*s)->capacity * EV_STR_GROWTH_FACTOR);
+    return evstring_setCapacity(s, new_cap);
 }
 
 evstring_error_t
@@ -431,6 +453,19 @@ evstring_cmp(
     return memcmp(s1, s2, len1);
 }
 
+i32
+evstring_view_cmp(
+    const evstring_view v1,
+    const evstring_view v2)
+{
+    evstr_asserttype(v1.data);
+    evstr_asserttype(v2.data);
+    if(v1.len != v2.len) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return memcmp(v1.data+v1.offset, v2.data+v2.offset, v1.len);
+}
+
 
 evstring_error_t
 evstring_push_impl(
@@ -538,8 +573,6 @@ __evstring_findFirst_impl(
     evstring_view text,
     evstring_view query)
 {
-    u64 found_progress = 0;
-
     evstring_view result = {
         .data = text.data,
         .len = 0,
@@ -549,17 +582,17 @@ __evstring_findFirst_impl(
     if(query.len == 0)
       return result;
 
-    for(u64 i = text.offset; i < text.offset + text.len; i++) {
-        if(text.data[i] == query.data[query.offset + found_progress])
-            found_progress++;
-        else
-            found_progress = 0;
-        if(found_progress == query.len) {
-            result.offset = (i+1) - query.len;
-            result.len = query.len;
-            break;
-        }
+    for(u64 l = text.offset; l <= text.offset + text.len - query.len; l++)
+    {
+      evstring_view curr_view = {
+        .data = text.data,
+        .len = query.len,
+        .offset = l
+      };
+      if(EV_EQUAL(evstring_view)(&curr_view, &query))
+        return curr_view;
     }
+
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/ev_vec.h b/ev_vec.h
index 0f750c2..376fcde 100644
--- a/ev_vec.h
+++ b/ev_vec.h
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
 #define EV_VEC_GROWTH_RATE 3 / 2
 #endif
 
+
+#ifndef EV_VEC_MIN_CAPACITY 
+/*!
+ * \brief Minimum capacity used by vector when growing
+ */
+#define EV_VEC_MIN_CAPACITY 4
+#endif
+
 #if EV_CC_MSVC
 # define __EV_VEC_EMPTY_ARRAY { 0 }
 #else
@@ -304,6 +312,10 @@ ev_vec_dup(
  * vector, then this function is used. Otherwise, memcpy is used with a length 
  * of `vec_meta.elemsize`
  *
+ * \warning Having a free_fn defined for the elemtype but no copy_fn could have some
+ * unwanted side effects as the free function will be called on the popped element
+ * after copying it to `out`
+ *
  * \param vec_p Reference to the vector object
  * \param out A pointer to the memory block at which the popped element will be
  * copied. If NULL is passed, then the element is destructed. Otherwise, the
@@ -719,6 +731,9 @@ ev_vec_setlen(
   ev_vec_t* v = (ev_vec_t*)vec_p;
   __ev_vec_getmeta(*v)
 
+  while(metadata->length > len)
+    ev_vec_pop(vec_p, NULL);
+
   while(len > metadata->capacity) {
     ev_vec_error_t grow_err = ev_vec_grow(v);
     if(grow_err) {
@@ -747,6 +762,10 @@ ev_vec_setcapacity(
     return EV_VEC_ERR_NONE;
   }
 
+  if(metadata->length > cap) {
+    ev_vec_setlen(vec_p, cap);
+  }
+
   void *buf = ((char *)(*v) - sizeof(struct ev_vec_meta_t));
   void *tmp = realloc(buf, sizeof(struct ev_vec_meta_t) + (cap * metadata->typeData.size));
 
@@ -770,7 +789,8 @@ ev_vec_grow(
 {
   ev_vec_t* v = (ev_vec_t*)vec_p;
   __ev_vec_getmeta(*v)
-  return ev_vec_setcapacity(v, metadata->capacity * EV_VEC_GROWTH_RATE);
+  u64 new_cap = max(EV_VEC_MIN_CAPACITY, metadata->capacity * EV_VEC_GROWTH_RATE);
+  return ev_vec_setcapacity(v, new_cap);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/ev_vec/reducecap_updatelen.c b/tests/ev_vec/reducecap_updatelen.c
index f18808b..c280522 100644
--- a/tests/ev_vec/reducecap_updatelen.c
+++ b/tests/ev_vec/reducecap_updatelen.c
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 int main(void)
 {
-  assert(EV_VEC_GROWTH_RATE > 1);
-
   ev_vec(i32) v = ev_vec_init(i32);
   assert(v != NULL);