crazy-file-server/chatgpt suggestions.md

The code you've posted is already quite efficient, but there are a few things you could consider to improve its performance:

1. Use a more efficient file watcher: The github.com/radovskyb/watcher package uses polling to detect file changes, which can be inefficient for large directories. If you're on Linux, consider using a package like github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify which uses inotify, a Linux kernel subsystem that provides more efficient file change notifications.
2. Reduce the number of goroutines: Each time a file change event is received, a new goroutine is created to handle it. This could potentially create a large number of goroutines if many file changes are happening at once. Consider using a worker pool pattern to limit the number of concurrent goroutines.
3. Optimize your cache: The LRU cache you're using is thread-safe, but it uses a mutex to achieve this. If you have a lot of contention (i.e., many goroutines trying to access the cache at once), this could slow things down. Consider using a sharded cache, which reduces contention by dividing the cache into several smaller caches, each with its own lock.
4. Avoid unnecessary work: If a file is created and then immediately modified, your code will crawl it twice. Consider adding a delay before crawling a file, and if another event for the same file is received during this delay, only crawl it once.
5. Optimize your logging: Writing to the log can be slow, especially if it's writing to a file or over the network. Consider using a buffered logger, which can improve performance by batching log messages together.
6. Use a profiler: The best way to find out where your code is spending its time is to use a profiler. The net/http/pprof package provides a simple way to add profiling endpoints to your application, which you can then view with the go tool pprof command.