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Re:Show HN: Kekkai – a simple, fast file integrity monitorin... by huhtenberg on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:22PM (#45351551)
> a simple, fast ... tool

What does "fast" mean here? Fast compared to what?

Re:Show HN: Kekkai – a simple, fast file integrity monitorin... by catatsuy on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @08:23PM (#45354620)
By fast I mean two things:

Files are hashed in parallel, so large sets can be processed quickly.

On repeated runs, unchanged files skip hashing with a default 90% probability using a cache. This keeps checks lightweight even at scale