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[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tbh im incredulous that explicit sync wasnt a thing from day 1.

Like what kind of sane API have you ever used that didn't allow you to buffer / queue up operations and then flush them all at once?

[–] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Did they need it before now?