Use Uint8Array instead of Buffer

[bjornstar]

Continuing to work on changing Buffer usage to Uint8Array, we got a pretty decent performance improvement out of this one:

Before

buffer: 8.211ms
  ✔ .buffer()
stream: 20.57ms
  ✔ .stream()
file: 11.752ms
  ✔ .file()
  ✔ .fileSync() (1s)
fileSync: 1.053s

After

buffer: 4.755ms
  ✔ .buffer()
stream: 15.74ms
  ✔ .stream()
file: 7.634ms
  ✔ .file()
  ✔ .fileSync() (600ms)
fileSync: 599.281ms

I pulled in uint8array-extras for the indexOf function and used that instead of looping over every byte in the buffer one by one.

I bumped the minimum version of node to 18 to match read-chunk's requirement. This is great because node v16 has an annoying limitation when a buffer references its own values.

I added two new files to the fixtures that are over 65535 bytes so we can test to ensure streaming works across multiple chunks. It is CC licensed and I added a link to the license file.

Also bumped devDependencies and updated the workflows to modern versions.

[sindresorhus]

It is CC licensed and I added a link to the license file.

I don't see the need to bring in a CC licensed file. Just pick one from Unsplash (no license / credit needed).

[sindresorhus]

The type only indicates it supports UInt8Array.

[bjornstar]

Changed it to Uint8Array, plus I keep capitalizing UInt instead of Uint, bad habit.

[sindresorhus]

why serial?

[bjornstar]

They're reading the same files as the other tests that are run in parallel. This blocks the reading of the files in the other tests making them slower or causes hangs where the file cannot be opened because it's being accessed asynchronously.

I benchmarked the methods by running each test multiple times and could only get it to behave consistently if the synchronous tests are run serially.

[sindresorhus]

👍

[bjornstar]

It is CC licensed and I added a link to the license file.

I don't see the need to bring in a CC licensed file. Just pick one from Unsplash (no license / credit needed).

Ah, thanks for the tip, I'll swap it out.

[sindresorhus]

Thanks 🙏