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[Aaditya Shreeram](https://hashnode.com/@aadityashreeram) · [Sep 3, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/day-3-streams-and-backpressure-scalable-filedata-pipelines/68b831c886753bb184e957d9)

### [Day 3: Streams & Backpressure — Scalable File/Data Pipelines](https://day-1-deep-dive-into-nodejs-event-loop.hashnode.dev/day-3-streams-and-backpressure-scalable-filedata-pipelines?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Ever tried copying a huge file in Node.js with fs.readFile or fs.writeFile?Yeah… your memory usage probably spiked like crazy. That’s because those methods load the entire file into memory before doing anything. That’s fine for small files. But when ...

4 min read · [day-1-deep-dive-into-nodejs-event-loop.hashnode.dev](https://day-1-deep-dive-into-nodejs-event-loop.hashnode.dev/day-3-streams-and-backpressure-scalable-filedata-pipelines?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

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