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It's so easy to miss a tiny but important detail when working with or discussing Node streams and come out the other side bamboozled by bugs. This whole thread exemplifies why I tell people to stay as far away from streams as possible. Though in the case of stdout/stderr we can't avoid it.



> It's so easy to miss a tiny but important detail when working with or discussing Node streams and come out the other side bamboozled by bugs. This whole thread exemplifies why I tell people to stay as far away from streams as possible

100%.

Case-in-point: After coming back I realize that indeed I did overlook the callback/promise making the difference for the write call. Sorry for spreading lies!




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