𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁: the performance implications of using 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙊𝙧𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩() compared to 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙊𝙧𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩(). While 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙊𝙧𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩() ensures that only one element matches the condition, it does so by scanning the entire collection to verify uniqueness, which can 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬, especially with 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬. In contrast, 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙊𝙧𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩() stops searching once it finds the first matching element, often resulting in 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Therefore, the recommendation to prefer 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙊𝙧𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩() over 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙊𝙧𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩() without considering the performance trade-offs is incomplete and could 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 into writing less efficient code.