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We discovered that async/await was secretly slowing down our production dashboard — not because the code was “bad,” but because async carries hidden costs: micr
by nadeem55 1y ago
We discovered that async/await was secretly slowing down our production dashboard — not because the code was “bad,” but because async carries hidden costs: microtasks, serialized loops, UI thread churn.
I wrote up a breakdown with examples + fixes:
The Dark Side of Async: Why Your Promises Are Slower Than You Think
Would love to hear if others have seen async/await cause unexpected lag at scale.