Demystifying Race Conditions and Deadlocks in Node.js Applications
What Are Race Conditions and Deadlocks? A race condition occurs when two or more computer operations attempt to access and modify the same shared resource simultaneously, causing the outcome to depend unpredictably on which operation finishes first. A deadlock happens when two or more operations are indefinitely blocked because each operation is holding a resource that the other operation needs before it can proceed. In simple terms, a race condition causes incorrect data due to bad timing, whi…