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Runtime mental models

Small, durable explanations for what our programs do while they run.

August 18, 2026·JavaScript·1 min read

The event loop finally clicked when I stopped calling it a loop

A practical mental model for tasks, microtasks, and why asynchronous JavaScript runs in the order it does.

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