Andrew Healey • 4/26/2022

Beating grep with Go

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The article details the creation of 'grup', a Go-based command-line tool designed to outperform macOS's default grep. It explains performance optimizations like parallel search workers using goroutines, the Boyer-Moore algorithm, and binary file detection, positioning it as a modern alternative in the vein of ripgrep.

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