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jsight on Jan 24, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Threads Basics (2009)

It is amazing how often I've seen developers reach for threading when it really wouldn't solve their particular problem. The downsides regularly outweigh the benefits.

a3n on Jan 24, 2019 [–]

But you have to use threads at least once in your career, and until you've done that there will always be an unresolved tension.

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