ECO-CMP-JS-002 — Polling instead of events¶

Category: Computation (CMP)
Family: JavaScript (JS)
Layer: Network
Tier: 2
Severity: warning
Tags: javascript, polling, network
Legacy ID: ECO-JS-002

Summary¶

Polling increases unnecessary network traffic and compute.

Polling wastes cycles when nothing changes; push shifts work to when it matters.

{
  "confidence": 0.7,
  "notes": "Often significant at scale.",
  "type": "network"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "javascript"
  ],
  "method": "regex"
}

{
  "guidance": "Use webhooks, SSE, websockets, or event-driven patterns.",
  "tradeoffs": "More moving parts."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "network"
  ]
}