Bring in a faster Transform stream
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Description
https://github.com/mcollina/syncthrough offers 3x the throughput of Transform. https://www.npmjs.com/package/minipass offer similar characteristics.
I think bringing in a faster set of Streams that enforce backpressure would speed up an area of Node.js that is showing its time.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reading the linked syncthrough and minipass projects and locating the existing Node.js Transform-stream performance measurements; define the comparison and backpressure requirements before deciding what completion means.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- node.js
- Domain
- performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100