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    1. How many grep-like ops per file?
    2. Is it interactive or run by another process?
    3. Do you know which files ahead of time?
    4. Do you have any control over that file creation?
    5. Is the JSONL append only? Is the grep running while the file is modified?
    6. How large is very large? 100s of MB? Few GB? 100s of GB? Whether or not it fits in memory could change the approach.
    7. You’re using files, plural, would parallelizing at the file level (e.g. one thread per file) be enough?
    8. How many files and how often is that executed?





  • that assumes

    1. the user does have access to a production db;
    2. the agent has access to a terminal from which they can reach the production machine (not in a container, different network, or similar);
    3. access does not require interaction (like entering password);
    4. the agent deliberately decides to access a production database to solve a development problem, and that was not the user requesting it;
    5. the agent manages to find the database credentials in production;
    6. the agent is left unattended.

    Possible? Sure. It’s also possible that I drink half a bottle of vodka on a Friday night and mess up with production.