Plate 89
epoll vs select Toy: Ready-Wait Latency and the FD_SETSIZE Cliff
Hands-on epoll vs select toy: ready-wait flat ~3.5 µs (8→900 FDs); select scales 4.6→16.9 µs then hits fd≥1024 cliff. Python numbers, no Docker.
Observability & SREHands-on30 Sept 2026 · 5 min