Threads store their own qdb. It gets updated when new questions are added to reduce message sizes between threads

src/utils/workerPool.ts

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function doALongTask(obj: any): Promise<any> {
   })
 }
 
-export function initWorkerPool(): void {
+export function initWorkerPool(initData: any): void {
   if (workers && pool) {
     logger.Log('WORKER AND POOL ALREADY EXISTS', logger.GetColor('redbg'))
     return
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function initWorkerPool(): void {
   const factory = {
     create: function() {
       const currInd = workers.length
-      const worker = getAWorker(currInd)
+      const worker = getAWorker(currInd, initData)
       workers.push(worker)
       return {
         worker: worker,
@@ -71,21 +71,19 @@ export function initWorkerPool(): void {
   pool = genericPool.createPool(factory, opts)
 }
 
-export function msgAll(data: any): void {
+export function msgAllWorker(data: any): void {
   workers.forEach((worker) => {
-    worker.postMessage({
-      type: 'update',
-      data,
-    })
+    worker.postMessage(data)
   })
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-function getAWorker(i) {
+function getAWorker(i, initData) {
   const worker = workerTs(workerFile, {
     workerData: {
       workerIndex: i,
+      initData: initData,
     },
   })
 
@@ -105,7 +103,10 @@ function getAWorker(i) {
   })
 
   worker.on('exit', (code) => {
-    logger.Log(`[MAIN]: worker #${i} exit code: ${code}`)
+    logger.Log(
+      `[MAIN]: worker #${i} exit code: ${code}`,
+      code === 0 ? logger.GetColor('redbg') : logger.GetColor('green')
+    )
   })
   return worker
 }