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Clean Code 70 XP · 7 min

Clean Concurrency Strategies

Write concurrent code that is correct, readable, and free of subtle data-race bugs.

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Why Concurrency Is Hard

Concurrent code introduces a class of bugs that never appear in single-threaded execution. Shared mutable state is the root cause of most concurrency defects. A data race can go undetected for months — until load increases and threads interleave at exactly the wrong moment.

Keep It Simple

Separate concurrency-related code from other code. A concurrent module should do nothing but manage concurrency. Push business logic into synchronous functions that are easy to test and reason about in isolation.

Code Challenge

Spot the race condition, then see the fix.

Key takeaway

Limit the scope of shared data. Prefer immutable data. Treat threads as isolated units that communicate by message.

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