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MessageChannel

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Description

MessageChannel is exceptionally slow. To the point that I and others (e.g. pino) develop custom ring buffers with atomics to get around it.

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Research direction

No file, test, reproduction, or benchmark is named. Start by measuring MessageChannel performance and comparing it with the custom ring-buffer approach using atomics mentioned in the report; done should include a reproducible diagnosis and an agreed performance improvement.

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Assessment

Tech stack
node.js
Domain
performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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