Why does my async await implementation in Node.js still block the main thread and how do I fix this performance bottleneck
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- Don't Block the Event Loop (or the Worker Pool) · nodejs.org
- The Node.js Event Loop · nodejs.org
- node/doc/api/worker_threads.md at main · nodejs/node · github.com