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Javascript is a single-threaded language, which mean it can only execute one operation at a time. It uses tasks to manage long operations such as HTTP calls in order to avoid blocking the main thread. But not all tasks have the same priority.

Killing features is a crucial part of software development. Over time, features can creep your project and hide the core value proposition of your product.

When the web started, layouts looked like this article. A single page with text and images following the only top-down flow available. Design choices was around backgrounds and text colors.

How Javascript works? This topic can be approach by describing core elements of Javascript Engine. The event loop, the render steps and the WebAPIs.