Understanding Node.js Event Loop phases

Timers, Poll, Check, and Close. We trace execution order to prevent main-thread event blockages.

We trace how Node executes callbacks: setImmediate vs setTimeout, nextTick order, and scheduling CPU intensive computations.

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