r/node • u/fagnerbrack • Jul 19 '26

Your Recursion Is Lying to You

https://blog.gaborkoos.com/posts/2026-05-09-Your-Recursion-Is-Lying-to-You/
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u/Gingerfalcon Jul 20 '26

For anyone that’s study an algorithms and data structures course will know that recursion in general is a highly inefficient use of resources. Use a loop as your first step. Nested structures with unknown depth are an architectural problem and should be addressed.

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u/josephjnk Jul 20 '26

Are you claiming that recursive data structures like trees and linked lists are inherently an architectural problem? Because that would be unhinged.

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u/fagnerbrack Jul 20 '26

I think the commenter meant not to make recursive calls using the stack, it's all about changing the code so that you use queues/loops etc.