Skip to content

Commit 896bea5

Browse files
Add sentence in docs disclaiming against high frequency writes. (#269)
1 parent 641e511 commit 896bea5

File tree

1 file changed

+1
-1
lines changed

1 file changed

+1
-1
lines changed

docs/get_started.qmd

Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ That said, most boards transmit pins over HTTP, and this is going to be slow and
8181
As a general rule of thumb, we don't recommend using pins with files over 500 MB.
8282
If you find yourself routinely pinning data larger that this, you might need to reconsider your data engineering pipeline.
8383

84-
Storing your data/object as a pin works well when you write from a single source or process. It is _not_ appropriate when multiple sources or processes need to write to the same pin; since the pins package reads and writes files, it cannot manage concurrent writes.
84+
Storing your data/object as a pin works well when you write from a single source or process. It is _not_ appropriate when multiple sources or processes need to write to the same pin; since the pins package reads and writes files, it cannot manage concurrent writes. It is also not appropriate for high frequency writes (multiple times per second).
8585

8686
- **Good** use for pins: an ETL pipeline that stores a model or summarized dataset once a day
8787
- **Bad** use for pins: a Shiny app that collects data from users, who may be using the app at the same time

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)