This is a heavily interactive web application, and JavaScript is required. Simple HTML interfaces are possible, but that is not what this is.
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Ivan Akulov
iamakulov.com
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Why are native setTimeout and clearTimeout calls so expensive? Like, here it takes 1.5 ms. What’s the technical reason it’s so slow?
Just 100-200 of those in a row (trivial if you’re mounting a bunch of React components that set timers) will easily block the page.
2025-11-09T22:19:58.363Z