diff --git a/Build/lib/cache-filesystem.ts b/Build/lib/cache-filesystem.ts
index f38e8d5a..2cb0c599 100644
--- a/Build/lib/cache-filesystem.ts
+++ b/Build/lib/cache-filesystem.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 import { mkdirSync } from 'fs';
 import picocolors from 'picocolors';
+import { fastStringArrayJoin } from './misc';
 
 const identity = (x: any) => x;
 
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ const separator = '\u0000';
 // const textDecoder = new TextDecoder();
 // export const serializeString = (str: string) => textEncoder.encode(str);
 // export const deserializeString = (str: string) => textDecoder.decode(new Uint8Array(str.split(separator).map(Number)));
-export const serializeSet = (set: Set<string>) => Array.from(set).join(separator);
+export const serializeSet = (set: Set<string>) => fastStringArrayJoin(Array.from(set), separator);
 export const deserializeSet = (str: string) => new Set(str.split(separator));
-export const serializeArray = (arr: string[]) => arr.join(separator);
+export const serializeArray = (arr: string[]) => fastStringArrayJoin(arr, separator);
 export const deserializeArray = (str: string) => str.split(separator);
diff --git a/Build/lib/create-file.ts b/Build/lib/create-file.ts
index 0b8faa99..e8d911a1 100644
--- a/Build/lib/create-file.ts
+++ b/Build/lib/create-file.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import picocolors from 'picocolors';
 import type { Span } from '../trace';
 import path from 'path';
 import { sort } from './timsort';
+import { fastStringArrayJoin } from './misc';
 
 export async function compareAndWriteFile(span: Span, linesA: string[], filePath: string) {
   let isEqual = true;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export async function compareAndWriteFile(span: Span, linesA: string[], filePath
 
   await span.traceChildAsync(`writing ${filePath}`, async () => {
     // if (linesALen < 10000) {
-    return Bun.write(file, `${linesA.join('\n')}\n`);
+    return Bun.write(file, fastStringArrayJoin(linesA, '\n') + '\n');
     // }
     // const writer = file.writer();
 
diff --git a/Build/lib/misc.ts b/Build/lib/misc.ts
index 7744f7e3..40b07e89 100644
--- a/Build/lib/misc.ts
+++ b/Build/lib/misc.ts
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
 export const isTruthy = <T>(i: T | 0 | '' | false | null | undefined): i is T => !!i;
+
+export const fastStringArrayJoin = (arr: string[], sep: string) => {
+  let result = '';
+  for (let i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++) {
+    if (i !== 0) {
+      result += sep;
+    }
+    result += arr[i];
+  }
+  return result;
+};
+
+export const fastStringArrayJoin2 = (arr: string[], sep: string) => {
+  return arr.reduce((acc, cur, index) => {
+    return index === 0 ? cur : acc + sep + cur;
+  }, '');
+};
diff --git a/Build/lib/trie.ts b/Build/lib/trie.ts
index 42639935..39c67b6d 100644
--- a/Build/lib/trie.ts
+++ b/Build/lib/trie.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * Suffix Trie based on Mnemonist Trie
  */
 
+import { fastStringArrayJoin } from './misc';
+
 // const { Error, Bun, JSON, Symbol } = globalThis;
 
 const noop = () => { /** noop */ };
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ export const createTrie = (from?: string[] | Set<string> | null, hostnameMode =
       inputTokens
     );
 
-    return hostnameMode ? matches.map((m) => (m as string[]).join('')) : matches as string[];
+    return hostnameMode ? matches.map((m) => fastStringArrayJoin(m as string[], '')) : matches as string[];
   };
 
   /**
@@ -279,7 +281,7 @@ export const createTrie = (from?: string[] | Set<string> | null, hostnameMode =
     if (res === null) return;
 
     const onMatches = hostnameMode
-      ? (suffix: string[]) => set.delete(suffix.join(''))
+      ? (suffix: string[]) => set.delete(fastStringArrayJoin(suffix, ''))
       : (suffix: string) => set.delete(suffix);
 
     walk(
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ export const createTrie = (from?: string[] | Set<string> | null, hostnameMode =
 
     walk(suffix => {
       results.push(
-        isHostnameMode(suffix) ? suffix.join('') : suffix
+        isHostnameMode(suffix) ? fastStringArrayJoin(suffix, '') : suffix
       );
     });