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Archit Agarwal
Archit Agarwal

Posted on β€’ Originally published at linkedin.com

Prevent Race Conditions Like a Pro with sync.Mutex in Go!

πŸ“’ New Article Alert: Prevent Race Conditions Like a Pro with sync.Mutex in Go! πŸš€

Ever encountered unpredictable behavior in your Go programs, like multiple orders being created with the same order number during a big sale? 🀯

This often happens due to race conditions when shared resources aren't properly synchronized. In my latest article, I cover:

βœ… What is sync.Mutex and how it works in Go
βœ… A practical code example showing how to fix race conditions
βœ… Real-world use case: Fixing an order number generator
βœ… Best practices and how sync.Mutex compares with sync.RWMutex

πŸ‘‰ Read the full article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prevent-race-conditions-like-pro-mastering-syncmutex-go-agarwal-so9sc

Let’s write safer and more efficient concurrent code in Go! πŸ’‘
If you find this helpful, don't forget to like, share, and comment with your thoughts or experiences on handling concurrency issues!

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