NODEJS-BASICS5 MIN READ
Pick the right file I/O move
Choose asynchronous file I/O for request-time work and reserve synchronous I/O for safe startup cases.
The best move protects the event loop by removing repeated synchronous file work from the request path. The weaker moves optimize readability, freshness, or speed in ways that ignore request-time blocking.
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