Faced with the frustratingly slow performance of the popular kill-port tool, which sometimes took up to 20 seconds to free a port, a developer took initiative to investigate and optimize the existing solution. After creating a pull request that went unanswered, they decided to build their own tool, port-client, which is significantly faster and has since gained immense popularity with nearly 80,000 downloads. This journey underscores the idea that challenges in development can inspire innovative solutions that enhance productivity for the wider community.
Port-client, an optimized solution to free up ports, is now 11x faster than kill-port, demonstrating how addressing frustrations can lead to successful innovations.
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