🚀 Oh joy, another dive into the endless abyss of "how does it work" #jargon where Willy Brauner turns an #algorithm into a bedtime story. 😴 Because what we really need is an excruciatingly detailed explanation of something we've blissfully used without understanding! 📚🔍
https://willybrauner.com/journal/signal-the-push-pull-based-algorithm #bedtimeStory #techExplained #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated
Signals, the push-pull based algorithm — Willy Brauner

We have been using Signals in production for years via several modern front-end frameworks like Solid, Vue, and others, but few of us are able to explain how they work internally. I wanted to dig into it, especially diving deep into the push-pull based algorithm, the core mechanism behind their reactivity.