This repo aims to prove that something is wrong with APFS on macOS, but is also a good stress test in general when changing machine tooling that wants to oberve fs events (such as security tooling / EDR / virus scanners / etc).
The Test
Steps:
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Setup
have node @ >= 22.11 have pnpm @ >= 10.2
(if you have proto (with auto-install) or volta installed, these versions will be selected for you)
git clone https://github.com/NullVoxPopuli/disk-perf-git-and-pnpm.git cd disk-perf-git-and-pnpm pnpm install # Fill the cache so we don't hit the network during testing
Gather Results
Since you've installed all the dependencies already, we can start with the clean test:
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