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Archit Agarwal
Archit Agarwal

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

๐Ÿ“ข New Article Alert: Prevent Race Conditions Like a Pro with sync.Mutex in Go! ๐Ÿš€

Ever encountered unpredictable behavior in your Go programs, like multiple orders being created with the same order number during a big sale? ๐Ÿคฏ

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

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

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the full article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prevent-race-conditions-like-pro-mastering-syncmutex-go-agarwal-so9sc

Letโ€™s write safer and more efficient concurrent code in Go! ๐Ÿ’ก
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