Krzysztof Kowalczyk 7/17/2025

File sync is very slow

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The article details a developer's experience with the Go library 'appendstore', where using os.File.Sync() after each file append caused a 1000x performance drop. The author explains the trade-off between data safety and speed, concluding that many applications forgo syncing due to its slowness, and made it an optional setting in the library.

File sync is very slow

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