Partytown with Adam Bradley - JSJ 550
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Web Workers - How to Block Threads
Web workers are blocked. The main thread ofvosy is not. That still works with post messages between the service worker and the main thread. But until the response arrives, that web worker is blocked. And consequently, the third partyscripts, which expect things to be syncronous,. They just potentially take a long time to respond. What do you care? Anes where harton is really ideal for thir pescripts thatare largely a syncrons. Makino gogan lixss is a great example of this, where it's kind of just a background task that can be masincesd.
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