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Understanding Prototypal Inheritance in JavaScript
JavaScript

Understanding Prototypal Inheritance in JavaScript

I bombed a whiteboard interview because I couldn't explain __proto__ vs .prototype. Went home and actually figured it out. Here's the prototype chain, Object.create, constructor functions, and why ES6 classes are just syntax over the same old mechanism.

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#javascript #prototypal-inheritance #oop #object-oriented-programming
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Understanding the Node.js Event Loop: A Deep Dive
Node.js

Understanding the Node.js Event Loop: A Deep Dive

I've been asked about the event loop more than any other Node.js topic. Here's how I finally made sense of it -- why Node can juggle thousands of connections on one thread, and the mistakes I kept making that blocked it.

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#event-loop #async #nodejs #performance
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