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This morning I was listening to JavaScript Jabber. The episode was from November 12th and about structuring your Node.js applications. One of the things that stood out was how one of the guests mentioned that many engineers new to Node (and web development) don’t understand how (see thread)

the Event Loop works. This is as I have been working to optimize my little #AoC++ showcase app that I work on here and there as I solve the puzzles (I need to catch up). Anyhow, it reminded me of a video that I watched a while back ago that explained the loop really well and also triggered a

solution to an problem I was having that was blocking the event loop. Here is the episode. It’s a good listen: topenddevs.com/podcasts/jav...

topenddevs.com Structuring Node.js Applications: Event Loop, Metrics, and Efficient Processing Techniques - JSJ 657 - JavaScript Jabber - - Top End Devs

Here is the video: youtu.be/eiC58R16hb8?...

youtu.beJavaScript Visualized - Event Loop, Web APIs, (Micro)task QueueYouTube video by Lydia Hallie

And for good measure, here is the link to my app: aoc-solutions.netlify.app

aoc-solutions.netlify.appAoC++ 2024 Solutions

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As I said, I need to catch up and will do so soon.

And as a reminder, micro tasks will be cleared out until empty and macro tasks will be processed after. Micro tasks have higher priority.