Replacing an internal Node.js module with a native Rust module made a x25 perf boost. Let’s understand why.
  • gencha@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    NodeJS is single-threaded. Knowing that, a lot of the mentioned mistakes could have been avoided right from the start. Being oblivious to that fact kinda puts the remainder of the article in question.

    If parallelization on a process level with a JS runtime still won’t match performance goals, don’t use it to begin with.