How Node.js Handles Multiple Requests with a Single Thread

Hello readers 👋, welcome to the 6th blog of our Node.js journey! In the last post, we explored the crucial difference between blocking and non-blocking code. We saw that a single blocking call can freeze an entire server, while non-blocking code keeps it responsive. Today, we tackle the question that naturally follows: if Node.js runs JavaScript on just one thread, how on earth does it handle thousands of requests at the same time without falling apart? It sounds impossible. A single checkout l