Web Dev Explorer • 0 implied HN points • 28 Apr 24
- Reading a large file at once in Node.js can be memory intensive, particularly for files above 1.4GB.
- Utilizing the Readline API in Node.js to read files line by line can significantly reduce memory usage compared to reading the entire file at once.
- Consider using npm modules like n-readlines for more advanced file reading needs, as they can efficiently read files line by line without loading the entire content into memory.